HELLO. THE BIG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SITTING OVER THE COUNTRY HELPED US MAKE UP FOR SOME LOST TIME OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER. GORGEOUS LOOKING DAY AND TEMPERATURES IN A FEW SPOTS WELL INTO THE UPPER 20s. ANOTHER SIMILAR LOOKING DAY TOMORROW. WE'LL JUST GET A BIT MORE CLOUD ROUND THE EDGES. AND EVEN INTO THE WEEKEND, WE STILL KEEP THE HIGH WITH A WEAK FRONT COMING IN. BUT ALL THE DETAILS COMING UP. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. FROM DOWN ON THE FARM TO QUAKE-HIT TOWN. A HEALTH CRISIS IN OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES SPARKS A DESPERATE CRY FOR HELP. ANOTHER SETBACK FOR DONALD TRUMP. HIS SECOND TRAVEL BAN'S BLOCKED AS THE PRESIDENT GIVES SNOOP DOGG A BAD RAP. GLUTEN-FREE ` THE DIET'S GROWING IN POPULARITY, BUT THERE ARE WARNINGS ABOUT THE DANGERS. AND GETTING BEHIND THE WHEEL. A SMOOTHER RIDE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BECOME TAXI OR UBER DRIVERS. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. RURAL NZERS SAY THEY'RE GETTING A RAW DEAL ON HEALTHCARE COMPARED TO THOSE LIVING IN THE CITIES. SMALL COMMUNITIES ARE STRUGGLING TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN MUCH-NEEDED DOCTORS AND NURSES, AND THEY'RE BLAMING A LACK OF INVESTMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. THEY TOOK THEIR CONCERNS TO PARLIAMENT, WHERE THEY WARNED ABOUT A RURAL HEALTH CRISIS. KIM SAVAGE REPORTS. DISASTER CAN STRIKE ANYWHERE, AS KAIKOURA FOUND OUT ON NOVEMBER 14. FRONTLINE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS SEEING THE RURAL TOWN'S RESIDENTS TRY TO COPE WITH THE AFTERMATH. THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE ON PEOPLE FINANCIALLY. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE OUT OF THEIR HOMES STILL. WE'VE SEEN QUITE AN INCREASE IN PEOPLE'S ANXIETY AND, SORT OF, STRESS LEVELS. CHRIS HENRY SAYS IT TOOK THE QUAKE TO GET VITAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INTO THE AREA. WE'VE STARTED TO ROLL OUT SOME REALLY GOOD MODELS, WHICH ARE APPLICABLE TO RURAL PLACES. THE RURAL HEALTH ALLIANCE REPRESENTS 40 GROUPS INCLUDING RURAL GPS AND FEDERATED FARMERS. THEY WANT AN INDEPENDENT ADVISORY BODY TO REPRESENT 600,000 RURAL NZERS. IF YOU LOOK AT 600,000 PEOPLE BEING EQUIVALENT TO OUR SECOND-LARGEST CITY AT TIMES, IT DOESN'T FEEL WE GET ANYWHERE NEAR THAT RESOURCE ALLOCATION OR FOCUS. THE GROUP ALSO WANTS FASTER BROADBAND AND BETTER MOBILE COVERAGE, MORE RESEARCH, AND A RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION STRATEGY FOR HEALTH WORKERS. THE AVERAGE AGE OF OUR MAIN PRIMARY CARE WORKFORCE, LIKE OUR GPs, OUR NURSES, OUR PHARMACISTS, OUR MIDWIVES, WOULD BE LATE 50s. SO REALLY, THEY'RE ALL WITHIN A DECADE OF RETIREMENT. SO IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING NOW, WE'LL HAVE A CRISIS. THE ALLIANCE SAYS AGRI-BUSINESS AND TOURISM TO RURAL REGIONS ADDS BILLIONS TO THE ECONOMY EACH YEAR. AND WITH THE GOVERNMENT AIMING TO DOUBLE PRIMARY EXPORTS BY 2025, HELP IS NEEDED NOW. THE HEALTH MINISTER'S OFFICE SAYS IT LAST YEAR INJECTED ANOTHER $600,000 INTO RURAL MENTAL HEALTH AND ALREADY HAS A BONDING SCHEME IN PLACE TO HELP RETAIN WORKERS. IT'S ABOUT MAKING OUR RURAL TOWNS VIBRANT AND LIVEABLE AGAIN, BECAUSE ONCE WE SOLVE THAT, WE WILL START SOLVING A LOT OF OUR OTHER ISSUES. RURAL COMMUNITIES FIGHTING NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN IN ELECTION YEAR. KIM SAVAGE, 1 NEWS. THE RISE IN SMARTPHONE AND GPS TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES LIKE UBER HAS PROMPTED THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN OUR TAXI OR PASSENGER INDUSTRY IN HALF A CENTURY. LAW CHANGES WILL MAKE IT CHEAPER, EASIER AND FASTER FOR DRIVERS TO GET QUALIFICATIONS TO CARRY PASSENGERS. BUT AS POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD EXPLAINS, NOT EVERYONE'S HAPPY. TAXI DRIVERS FEAR THE GOVERNMENT'S BEEN TAKEN FOR A RIDE BY NEW SERVICES LIKE UBER. WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT AND WE DON'T TAKE ANYTHING AWAY JUST TO MAKE IT SLIGHTLY CHEAPER FOR SOMEBODY TO COME INTO THE INDUSTRY. BUT CABBIES SAY THAT'S WHAT A MAJOR OVERHAUL OF SMALL PASSENGER SERVICES LOOKS LIKE. I THINK WE'RE BALANCING APPROPRIATELY SAFETY WITH INNOVATION. ONE BIG ISSUE HAS BEEN ENSURING UBER DRIVERS, LIKE TAXI DRIVERS, HAVE A PASSENGER ENDORSEMENT ON THEIR LICENCE. THE ENDORSEMENT PROCESS REQUIRES CRIMINAL AND MEDICAL CHECKS. UBER HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR, IN THIS PROCESS, THAT IF THE COST CAME DOWN, IF THE TIME FRAME CAME DOWN, THAT THEY WOULD COMPLY. SO THE GOVERNMENT'S AGREED TO MAKE IT CHEAPER, EASIER AND FASTER FOR DRIVERS TO GET THAT ENDORSEMENT. IT WAS ACTUALLY AROUND 55 TO 60 DAYS NOT SO LONG AGO. IT'S NOW FIVE DAYS. AND TESTS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND AREA KNOWLEDGE WILL BE GONE. GPS TELLS US WHERE WE'RE GOING. WE DON'T NEED IT. ALSO, UBER RIDES WON'T HAVE TO HAVE SECURITY CAMERAS. THE REASON BEING CLEAR ` THEY HAVE OTHER WAYS OF MAKING PASSENGERS SAFE, SUCH AS THE APP THAT TRACKS WHO THE DRIVER IS. SINCE WE PUT THE CAMERAS IN THE CARS IN 2010, THERE'S BEEN NO DEATHS OF TAXI DRIVERS. UBER SAYS IT WANTS TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE FINE POINTS OF THE LEGISLATION BEFORE FORCING ITS DRIVERS TO GET THOSE PASSENGER ENDORSEMENTS, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S WHAT THE LAW DEMANDS NOW. THE TRANSPORT MINISTER'S CONFIDENT UBER WILL COMPLY. IF THEY DON'T, I THINK THEY'LL BE REALLY TAKING THE MICKEY OF NZ'S LAW. OUR BIG CONCERN IS IN THE FUTURE, WHEN THESE LAWS ARE PUT INTO PLACE, ARE THEY GONNA BE POLICED? THE GOVERNMENT HOPES TO HAVE THE NEW LAWS IN PLACE BY THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. BALDING MURDERER AND PAEDOPHILE PHILLIP SMITH IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO BEING REUNITED WITH HIS TOUPEE AFTER DEFEATING THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IN COURT. SMITH WORE HIS WIG WHEN HE ESCAPED TO BRAZIL IN 2014 AND WAS STRIPPED OF IT AFTER BEING RETURNED TO NEW ZEALAND. A JUDGE FOUND THAT DECISION IGNORED SMITH'S RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. BUT HE SAYS THERE COULD BE VALID OPERATIONAL REASONS FOR BANNING THE HAIRPIECE IN PRISON AND HAS GIVEN CORRECTIONS TWO WEEKS TO DECIDE IF IT WANTS TO PURSUE THE MATTER. DONALD TRUMP'S NEW TRAVEL BAN WAS SUPPOSED TO KICK IN AN HOUR AGO, BUT A JUDGE IN HAWAII HAS STOPPED IT AT THE LAST MINUTE. THE US PRESIDENT SAYS THE RULING IS A JUDICIAL OVERREACH THAT WILL MAKE AMERICA LOOK WEAK. JESSICA MUTCH REPORTS. # YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT. # NO, YOU CAN'T, MR PRESIDENT. JUST BEFORE DONALD TRUMP'S TRAVEL BAN WAS MEANT TO KICK IN, IT WAS FOILED. A JUDGE HAS JUST BLOCKED OUR EXECUTIVE ORDER ON TRAVEL. THE HOTLY PROTESTED TRAVEL BAN WAS MEANT TO BLOCK REFUGEES AND STOP TRAVELLERS FROM SIX MAINLY-MUSLIM COUNTRIES. BUT HAWAII HAS WON A LAST-MINUTE CASE, SAYING THAT WOULD DISCRIMINATE AGAINST MUSLIMS. IF YOU HAVE AN ORDER THAT'S COMING OUT THERE THAT'S TAKING US BACK HALF A CENTURY TO A TIME WHEN THERE WAS DISCRIMINATION BY NATIONS OF ORIGIN OR BY RELIGION, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO SPEAK UP AGAINST. THIS IS THE OPINION OF MANY ` AN UNPRECEDENTED JUDICIAL OVERREACH. IT'S DEJA VU FOR THE NEW PRESIDENT; HIS FIRST ATTEMPT AT A TRAVEL BAN WAS STOPPED BY ANOTHER JUDGE, AND NOW THIS WATERED-DOWN VERSION HAS BEEN HALTED TOO. THIS RULING MAKES US LOOK WEAK, WHICH, BY THE WAY, WE NO LONGER ARE. THERE IS NO OTHER PRESIDENT THAT HAS ISSUED SUCH A BROAD, SWEEPING ORDER THAT DISCRIMINATES. FOR THIS IRANIAN IMMIGRANT, IT'S WELCOME NEWS ` FOR NOW, AT LEAST. WE CANNOT GO BACK TO VISIT OUR FAMILY. OUR FAMILY CANNOT COME HERE FOR VISITING US. BUT THE PRESIDENT'S NOT GIVING UP. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUR CASE AS FAR AS IT NEEDS TO GO, INCLUDING ALL THE WAY UP TO THE SUPREME COURT. IT'S JUST ONE OF THE BIG BATTLES MR TRUMP IS FACING. INVESTIGATORS LOOKING AT WHETHER BARACK OBAMA TAPPED TRUMP TOWER HAVE JUST REVEALED THIS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY EVIDENCE THAT THAT TOOK PLACE. SO WHAT ABOUT THIS TWEET FROM MR TRUMP, SAYING... ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE THE TWEETS LITERALLY? AND IF YOU ARE, THEN CLEARLY THE PRESIDENT WAS WRONG. WIRETAP COVERS A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. IF RECENT EXPERIENCE IS ANYTHING TO GO BY, DONALD TRUMP WILL BE TAKING BOTH THESE SAGAS IN HIS STRIDE. JESSICA MUTCH, 1 NEWS. AND THE KIWI DOLLAR'S BEEN IN THE FIRING LINE FOLLOWING BIG ECONOMIC NEWS FROM THE UNITED STATES. THE KIWI SURGED A CENT AFTER AMERICA'S CENTRAL BANK RAISED ITS BENCHMARK INTEREST RATE. BUT THEN IT EASED SLIGHTLY WHEN NEW DATA SHOWED OUR ECONOMY GREW SLOWER THAN EXPECTED. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN HAS MORE. AT THIS LOWER HUTT FIRE ENGINE FACTORY, BUSINESS IS TRUCKING ALONG NICELY. WE'VE PROBABLY GOT ABOUT TWO YEARS WORK AHEAD OF US, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO DOUBLE THAT CAPACITY. ALL HELPING THE ECONOMY MAINTAIN GROWTH LAST YEAR AT A RESPECTABLE 3.1%. BOOMING TOURISM IS THE STAR PERFORMER, ALTHOUGH A SHORTAGE OF HOTEL BEDS IS A CONSTRAINT. WE REALLY STRUGGLE TO FIND ACCOMMODATION FOR THOSE GROUPS WITH THAT QUICK TURNAROUND TIME. IT ESSENTIALLY MEANS WE HAVE HAD TO TURN AWAY A LOT OF BUSINESS. FOR US, IT'S A BIG ISSUE, PARTICULARLY IN AUCKLAND AND QUEENSTOWN. AND THERE ARE SIGNS THE ECONOMY'S FACING CONSTRAINTS ELSEWHERE. GROWTH IN THE LAST QUARTER OF 2016 ACTUALLY SLOWED TO JUST 0.4%. REALLY, THE FOURTH QUARTER RESULT WAS A DAIRY STORY. WE HAD A WET WINTER, AND THAT LED TO SOFT DAIRY PRODUCTION, AND THAT'S FLOWED THROUGH INTO SOFT DAIRY PROCESSING PERFORMANCE. BUT WE DON'T EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE. BUT LABOUR SAYS THERE'S REASON TO BE WORRIED. THESE FIGURES SHOW A 4% DROP IN EXPORTS IN THE QUARTER. THAT'S GOT TO CONCERN EVERYONE. FOR EXPORTERS, A MAJOR HEADWIND REMAINS THE HIGH KIWI DOLLAR, WHICH SPIKED OVER 70 U.S. CENTS TODAY AFTER THE US FEDERAL RESERVE HIKED ITS BENCHMARK INTEREST RATE AGAIN BUT SIGNALLED FURTHER INTEREST RATE HIKES WOULD BE VERY GRADUAL. I THINK WE COULD DROP IT ANOTHER 10%, AND THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. AND I COULD ASSURE YOU, WE WOULD FIND IT EASY TO EXPAND. THE LIKELY TREND, DEPENDING ON HOW THE U.S. BUDGET COMES TOGETHER, IS THAT OUR DOLLAR WILL SOFTEN A LITTLE BIT AS THE U.S. DOLLAR STRENGTHENS. BUT THE HIKE IN U.S. RATES IS FURTHER CONFIRMATION THE ERA OF ULTRA-LOW GLOBAL INTEREST RATES IS COMING TO AN END. HOWEVER, ECONOMISTS SAY DON'T EXPECT ANY INCREASE IN OUR OFFICIAL CASH RATE WHEN THE RESERVE BANK MEETS NEXT WEEK. CORIN DANN, 1 NEWS. TAXPAYER-FUNDED GROUPS WORKING WITH SEXUAL ABUSE SURVIVORS NOW WON'T HAVE TO HAND OVER VICTIMS' PERSONAL DETAILS UNDER THE GOVERNMENT'S DATA-SHARING POLICY. THE EXEMPTION'S JUST TEMPORARY, AND IT'S PROMPTED CALLS FOR OTHER ORGANISATIONS TO GET THE SAME TREATMENT. POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE WITH DETAILS. THERE'S BEEN A SMALL VICTORY IN THE PUSH-BACK AGAINST BIG BROTHER-STYLE DATA GATHERING FROM THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. OUR DATA IS OUR DATA, AND IT IS AS INTRINSIC AS OUR DNA. THE MINISTRY WANTS SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTORS TO HAND OVER CLIENTS' PERSONAL DETAILS. WE'RE BEING HELD TO RANSOM. THE DEAL IS NO DATA, NO FUNDING. AGENCIES WORKING WITH SEXUAL AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES HAVE MARCHED ON PARLIAMENT TO SAY THEIR CLIENTS WOULD FEEL UNSAFE. ONLY AROUND 9% OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE ATTACKS ARE REPORTED TO POLICE, AND ADVOCATES ARE WORRIED THAT THIS POLICY WILL PREVENT OTHER SURVIVORS FROM COMING FORWARD. SO NOW THE GOVERNMENT SAYS SEXUAL VIOLENCE SERVICES DON'T HAVE TO PASS ON CLIENT INFORMATION. BUT THE EXEMPTION'S ONLY FOR ONE YEAR AND DOESN'T APPLY TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS WITH VULNERABLE CLIENTS. THE AGENCIES ARE WILLING TO HAND OVER ANONYMOUS DATA. IT'S THE PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT IS THE REAL STICKING POINT AND ALL THE THINGS THAT MEANS. WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO FIND A COMPROMISE ON THIS. BUT ANNE TOLLEY ISN'T INTERESTED. NO, BECAUSE WE SPEND $330M OF TAXPAYERS' MONEY EVERY YEAR. WE'VE GOT THE ANONYMOUS DATA. THAT DOESN'T TELL US THAT THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE RIGHT SERVICES. SO EXPECT MORE PUSH-BACK OVER DIFFERENCES ABOUT DATA-SHARING. ANDREA VANCE, 1 NEWS. GLUTEN-FREE THIS, GLUTEN-FREE THAT. IT'S FASHIONABLE AND EVERYWHERE. BUT EXPERTS WARN CUTTING GRAINS HIGH IN FIBRE FROM YOUR DIET UNNECESSARILY COULD HAVE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. SO WHAT EXACTLY IS GLUTEN? IT'S A MIXTURE OF TWO PROTEINS NATURALLY FOUND IN CEREAL GRAINS LIKE RYE, BARLEY AND WHEAT, THE MOST COMMON ONE WE CONSUME. WE GET IT MAINLY FROM BAKED GOODS LIKE BREAD, PIZZA, CAKES AND PASTRIES, AS GLUTEN GIVES DOUGH ITS ELASTICITY, SHAPE AND OFTEN A CHEWY TEXTURE. IT'S ALSO FOUND IN PASTAS, SOME NOODLES AND MANY OTHER COMMON FOODS WE EAT. IS IT BAD? WELL, ONLY FOR A VERY SMALL PROPORTION OF THE POPULATION. IT'S ESTIMATED BETWEEN 0.7% TO 1% OF PEOPLE SUFFER FROM COELIAC DISEASE, THE MOST SEVERE FORM OF GLUTEN-INTOLERANCE, WHICH LEADS TO DAMAGE TO THE GUT. KIM SAVAGE LOOKS AT THE GROWING POPULARITY OF GLUTEN-FREE DIETS AND THE DANGERS. (GARBLED FAST-FORWARDED TALKING) THERE'S NO ESCAPING IT ` CONFLICTING ADVICE ON WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU AND WHAT'S NOT. I HAVE REALLY INTELLIGENT, SENSIBLE PEOPLE COME TO SEE ME THAT SAY, 'I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EAT FOR BREAKFAST ANY MORE.' THE SEARCH FOR ANSWERS HAS RESULTED IN DIETS LIKE GLUTEN-FREE GOING MAINSTREAM. I THINK GLUTEN FREE WAS PROBABLY CONSIDERED A FAD ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO. BUT 15 YEARS LATER, IT'S STILL HERE, SO I THINK THE FAD HAS BECOME A TREND; THE TREND HAS BECOME A LIFESTYLE. IT MEANS NO MORE WHEAT, RYE, BARLEY AND OATS. THE POPULARITY OF THE DIET'S SEEN MORE GLUTEN-FREE PRODUCTS HIT THE SHELVES. WE'VE SEEN THE NUTRITIONAL INTEGRITY OF THE PRODUCTS INCREASE EXPONENTIALLY, SO NOW YOU CAN GET PASTA MADE OUT OF MUNG BEANS OR BREAD MADE WITH CASSAVA FLOUR. JUST LAST WEEK, FOOD GIANT NESTLE OPENED A GLUTEN-FREE PLANT AT ITS AUCKLAND FACTORY. BUT HEALTH EXPERTS ARE SEEING THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF PEOPLE CUTTING OUT BREADS AND CEREALS, HIGH IN IRON AND FIBRE. SO WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN, BECOMING GLUTEN FREE AND THEN BECOMING MORE CONSTIPATED BECAUSE THEIR FIBRE INTAKE HAS GONE RIGHT DOWN, SO WE HAVE TO TEACH THEM ABOUT TRYING TO GET ENOUGH FIBRE IN THEIR DIET. EATING GLUTEN-FREE IS A CHOICE FOR SOME BUT A NECESSITY FOR OTHERS. IT'S THOUGHT UP TO ONE IN 70 NZERS HAS THE AUTO-IMMUNE DISORDER COELIAC DISEASE. 80% OF THOSE AREN'T YET DIAGNOSED OR DON'T KNOW THEY HAVE THE DISEASE. COELIACS MUST STEER WELL CLEAR OF GLUTEN. IT CAN DAMAGE THEIR INTESTINES. IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD IF THOSE PEOPLE GOT TESTED BEFORE THEY WENT ON THE GLUTEN-FREE JOURNEY, BECAUSE THEY COULD WELL HAVE COELIAC DISEASE. SARAH ELLIOTT SAYS IF PEOPLE CAN EAT GLUTEN, THEY SHOULD. BUT THERE'S NO 'ONE SIZE FITS ALL'. THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS TO HAVE A HEALTHY DIET. AND YOU JUST HAVE TO FIND THE ONE THAT WORKS FOR YOU. AS LONG AS THEY'RE GETTING THE RIGHT ADVICE. KIM SAVAGE, 1 NEWS. SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SAY THEY'RE BEING FORCED TO MAKE SACRIFICES OVER LIBRARY SPACE AS ROLLS SWELL AND CLASS SIZES GROW. AS SAM KELWAY REPORTS, FIGURES OBTAINED BY 1 NEWS SHOW MANY ARE OPTING TO DO WITHOUT LIBRARIES ALTOGETHER. AT ROWANDALE SCHOOL, SPACE IS AT A PREMIUM. SO, THIS IS OUR DARK, DINGY LOOKING LIBRARY. KARL, IT'S PRETTY SMALL; YOU WOULDN'T EVEN GET A CLASS IN HERE. THE MANUREWA SCHOOL'S LIBRARY HAS BEEN DOWNSIZED AS IT GRAPPLES WITH THE NEED TO ACCOMMODATE MORE STUDENTS. IN 2014, THE ROLL IN JULY WAS 460, AND AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, 2016, WE HAD 650 STUDENTS. THE LIBRARY'S NOW SO SMALL IT CAN HOLD ONLY A THIRD OF ITS BOOKS. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER SCHOOLS IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS, BUT JUST TO ILLUSTRATE HOW SMALL THIS SPACE IS AND WHY TEACHERS AREN'T USING IT, WE'VE INVITED 24 KIDS FROM THIS SCHOOL IN TO USE THEIR LIBRARY. FIGURES RELEASED UNDER THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT SHOW 178 SCHOOLS HAVE NO DEDICATED LIBRARY AT ALL, WHILE 330 SCHOOLS HAVE LESS LIBRARY SPACE THAN THEY'RE ENTITLED TO. WE'VE GOT THIS SITUATION BECAUSE GOVERNMENT IS UNDERFUNDING EDUCATION. DESPITE ALL THEIR DENIALS, THEY ARE NOT FINDING ENOUGH MONEY FOR SCHOOLS TO HAVE LIBRARIES. WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENED HERE OVER THE LAST DECADE IS SCHOOLS HAVE CHOSEN ` SOME OF THEM ` TO NOT BUILD LIBRARIES OR TO BUILD SMALLER LIBRARIES. THE MINISTRY SAYS WHILE IT DETERMINES THE OVERALL SPACE A SCHOOL OCCUPIES, DECISIONS ABOUT HOW NON-TEACHING SPACE IS USED IS THE JOB OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES. AT ROWANDALE SCHOOL, THEY'RE JUST BOXING ON WITH WHAT THEY HAVE. WE CAN'T GET ENOUGH BOOKS INTO THE ROOMS BECAUSE IF WE PUT MORE BOOKS IN THERE, THE BOOKS WE REALLY WANT, LIKE THE REFERENCE SECTION, IT'LL TAKE UP ALL THE SPACE. THE SCHOOL HOPES ONE DAY ALL ITS BOOKS WILL BE ON DISPLAY FOR MORE THAN JUST A FEW TO ENJOY. SAM KELWAY, 1 NEWS. THE FBI ACCUSES RUSSIA OF DIRECTING A LARGE-SCALE CYBER ATTACK. COMING UP ON 1 NEWS ` HOW THE DATA OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WAS TARGETED AND HOW IT ALL ALLEGEDLY BEGAN HERE, AT RUSSIA'S INTELLIGENCE HEADQUARTERS. AND THE INFAMOUS RAPPER WHOSE LATEST WORK TAKES AIM AT THE US PRESIDENT. SNOOP DOGG FINDS HIMSELF UNDER FIRE FOR HIS MOCK EXECUTION OF DONALD TRUMP. AND THE HIGH COUNTRY MISSION TO SAVE AN ENDANGERED NATIVE PARAKEET BY TAKING CAPTIVE BIRDS BACK TO THE WILDERNESS TO BOOST A POPULATION THAT'S DROPPED TO ALARMING LOWS. A GROUP OF PARENTS ARE THREATENING TO WITHDRAW THEIR CHILDREN FROM CLASS AT A WEST AUCKLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL BECAUSE ASBESTOS-CONTAMINATED SOIL IS BEING REMOVED DURING SCHOOL HOURS. BUT HOW SERIOUS IS THE RISK TO STUDENTS? CHRIS CHANG REPORTS. AT HOBSONVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL, RED FLAGS HAVE BEEN RAISED OVER THE ASBESTOS-CONTAMINATED SOIL BEING REMOVED NEXT DOOR, WHERE A STUDENT DROP-OFF ZONE IS SET TO BE BUILT. ASBESTOS IS DEADLY. BOTTOM LINE. ONCE YOU BREATHE IT IN, YOU CANNOT REVERSE IT. SOME PARENTS ARE UNHAPPY THE WORK'S BEING DONE DURING THE SCHOOL TERM. BUT THE BOARD SAYS THERE'S NO CONVENIENT TIMEFRAME. NONE OF US ARE HAPPY THAT PRODUCT IS THERE, AND WE WANT IT REMOVED AS SOON AND AS SAFE AND AS PRACTICAL AS POSSIBLE. AND IDEALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IT WHEN THERE IS NO SCHOOL, BUT THERE IS NO PRACTICAL TIME, BASED ON THE TIME REQUIRED TO REMOVE IT, THAT WOULD SUIT. BECAUSE THEY CAN'T ASSURE US THAT THERE IS NO RISK, IT'S A NO-BRAINER. THE WORK SHOULD NOT HAPPEN UNTIL AN APPROPRIATE SCHOOL HOLIDAY PERIOD. WHILE THERE'S SYMPATHY FOR THOSE THREATENING TO WITHDRAW THEIR CHILDREN FROM CLASS, POSTPONING THE SOIL REMOVAL UNTIL DECEMBER COULD BE RISKY IN ITSELF. IF THERE'S ANY CHANCE AT ALL THAT THAT SOIL AND THE DUST THAT'S LIBERATED FROM THAT SOIL CAN COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE CHILDREN, THEN YOU REMOVE IT NOW, AS LONG AS YOU CARRY OUT ALL THE CORRECT SAFETY PROCEDURES. SOME BARRIERS HAVE BEEN PUT UP AROUND THE SITE, BUT CHILDREN ARE MORE VULNERABLE TO ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASES. IN TERMS OF MESOTHELIOMA, WHICH IS AN ASBESTOS-RELATED LUNG CANCER, THE LIFETIME RISK FOR A 5-YEAR-OLD CHILD IS ABOUT FIVE TIMES HIGHER THAN FOR A 30-YEAR-OLD ADULT. THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION BELIEVES REMOVAL WORK NOW IS THE SAFEST OPTION BUT ADMITS MORE DISCUSSION'S NEEDED WITH THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY ` A STOUSH THAT COULD CONTINUE UNTIL THE DUST SETTLES. CHRIS CHANG, 1 NEWS. THE DUTCH PRIME MINISTER'S BEING CONGRATULATED BY LEADERS ACROSS THE EU AFTER SEEING OFF AN ELECTION CHALLENGE FROM THE FAR-RIGHT. ON THE VOTE COUNT SO FAR, MARK RUTTE'S VVD PARTY HAS BEATEN THE ANTI-ISLAM FREEDOM PARTY LED BY GEERT WILDERS. BUT IT WILL LIKELY NEED SUPPORT FROM THREE OTHER PARTIES TO FORM A GOVERNMENT. MARK RUTTE SAYS THE WIN HAS STOPPED THE WRONG KIND OF POPULISM IN ITS TRACKS IN THE WAKE OF BREXIT AND DONALD TRUMP'S VICTORY. THE FBI IS ACCUSING RUSSIA OF STEALING INFORMATION AFTER A CYBER ATTACK ON AROUND HALF A BILLION YAHOO ACCOUNTS. THE FBI IS NOW FILING CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THOSE IT SAY CARRIED OUT THE HACKING. WITH MORE, HERE'S THE ABC'S PIERRE THOMAS. THE MASSIVE HACKING PLOT TARGETING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF US CITIZENS AND FOREIGN NATIONALS, ALLEGEDLY ORCHESTRATED HERE AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERAL SECURITY SERVICE, THE FSB ` RUSSIA'S VERSION OF THE FBI. THESE TWO RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS TODAY ACCUSED OF EMPLOYING THESE NOTORIOUS BLACK MARKET HACKERS IN A NEW HIGH-TECH COLD WAR. THE SINISTER PLAN ` TO HACK HALF A BILLION YAHOO USERS AND THEN USE THEIR PRIVATE INFORMATION AS A GATEWAY TO EVENTUALLY SPY ON SPECIFIC RUSSIAN ADVERSARIES HERE AT HOME AND ABROAD. THE DEFENDANTS TARGETED YAHOO ACCOUNTS OF RUSSIAN AND US GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, INCLUDING CYBER SECURITY, DIPLOMATIC AND MILITARY PERSONNEL. AND ONCE THE HACKERS STOLE THE NAMES, DATES OF BIRTH AND PASSWORDS OF YAHOO USERS, EXPOSING THEM TO POSSIBLE IDENTIFY THEFT, THE ESPIONAGE POSSIBILITIES WERE EXTRAORDINARY. IF THE RUSSIANS CAN GET A PASSWORD OF ONE PERSON IN AN ORGANISATION, THEN THEY CAN HACK THEIR WAY IN TO THAT ORGANISATION. AND ONCE THEY'RE IN, THEY CAN SPREAD LATERALLY INTO ALL THE FILES OF A COMPANY OR DEPARTMENT. WIKILEAKS. I LOVE WIKILEAKS. OFFICIALS SUSPECT STOLEN PASSWORDS WERE USED BY THE RUSSIANS TO HACK THE DNC AND CLINTON CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN JOHN PODESTA. THE RUSSIANS HAVE GONE FROM STEALING INFORMATION AND USING IT INTERNALLY, AS TRADITIONAL ESPIONAGE, TO NOW STEALING INFORMATION AND GIVING IT TO JULIAN ASSANGE AND POSTING IT ON WIKILEAKS. SOMETHING THEN CANDIDATE TRUMP AT ONE POINT ENCOURAGED. RUSSIA, IF YOU'RE LISTENING, I HOPE YOU'RE ABLE TO FIND THE 30,000 EMAILS THAT ARE MISSING. AROUND 400,000 XTRA EMAIL ACCOUNTS HERE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UP IN THE YAHOO DATA BREACH. AMERICAN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS TAKING AIM AT SNOOP DOGG AFTER THE RELEASE OF A MUSIC VIDEO IN WHICH THE RAPPER POINTS A TOY GUN AT A TRUMP LOOKALIKE AND PULLS THE TRIGGER. THE VIDEO, WHICH INCLUDES EXPLICIT LANGUAGE, ALSO MAKES STATEMENTS ABOUT POLICE VIOLENCE AND THE INCARCERATION OF BLACK PEOPLE. SNOOP DOGG SAID HE VIEWS TRUMP AS A CLOWN. TRUMP'S RESPONSE ON TWITTER ` WEATHER TIME NOW. DAN IS HERE. AND A STUNNING DAY FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRY TODAY. ONE OF THOSE DAYS YOU'RE LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW THINKING, I'M GONNA HAVE MY LUNCH IN THE PARK. BITS OF CLOUD, MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUD THERE. A FEW SPOTS OF RAIN TO THE EAST COAST. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ STILL TO COME ON 1 NEWS ` A PARTNERSHIP AIMED AT TARGETING REOFFENDING RATES FOR MAORI PRISONERS. IT'S LIKE WE'RE GETTING MARRIED. (LAUGHTER) THE UNION BETWEEN THE MAORI KING AND THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT THAT COULD HELP CHANGE THE LIVES OF OFFENDERS. AND RAISED IN CAPTIVITY, THESE BIRDS ARE NOW A BEACON OF HOPE FOR SAVING AN ENDANGERED PARAKEET IN THE WILD. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` A LOBBY GROUP IS ADVOCATING GREATER RESOURCES FOR THE SECTOR WHICH IT SAYS IS MISSING OUT. THE RURAL HEALTH ALLIANCE SAYS BETTER MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE NEEDED, AND IT ALSO WANTS TO SEE A RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION STRATEGY FOR HEALTH WORKERS. JUST HOURS BEFORE IT WAS DUE TO COME INTO EFFECT, A HAWAIIAN JUDGE HAS FOILED DONALD TRUMP'S TRAVEL BAN WITH A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER ON THE GROUNDS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MUSLIMS. PRESIDENT TRUMP DESCRIBED THE RULING AS UNPRECEDENTED JUDICIAL OVERREACH. A NEW PUSH IS UNDER WAY TO LOWER MAORI PRISONER REOFFENDING RATES, THE HIGHEST OF ANY ETHNIC GROUP. AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT AND THE KINGITANGA MOVEMENT WILL SEE A SERIES OF NEW INITIATIVES AND COULD SEE NEWLY RELEASED PRISONERS HOUSED ON KINGITANGA LAND. YVONNE TAHANA TAKES A LOOK. TAINUI'S REGATTA, AN ANNUAL SALUTE TO KINGITANGA TRADITIONS. AND UNDER A NEW ACCORD BETWEEN THE KINGITANGA AND CORRECTIONS, THESE WAKA COULD SOON BE CARVED BY PRISONERS. WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER. WE'RE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER, PUT OUR TEAMS TOGETHER, OUR THINKING TOGETHER AND THEN COME UP WITH THESE TYPES OF IDEAS. THEY DESERVE A FUTURE, AND UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, THEY WON'T HAVE A FUTURE. KING TUHEITIA AND CORRECTIONS MINISTER LOUISE UPSTON SIGNING UP TO HELP OFFENDERS CHANGE THEIR LIVES. IT'S LIKE WE'RE GETTING MARRIED. (LAUGHTER) THE PARTNERSHIP DOESN'T INVOLVE ANY EXTRA COST BUT COULD RESULT IN TAINUI BRINGING A SIGNIFICANT DOWRY. THE IWI MAY PROVIDE LAND WHERE NEWLY RELEASED FEMALE OFFENDERS WOULD LIVE WITH THEIR FAMILIES IN CORRECTIONS HOUSING. THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP, AND PARTNERS BRING TO THE TABLE WHAT THEY CAN. THE KINGITANGA HAS A VERY SIGNIFICANT REACH, AND IT'S PREPARED TO MATCH THEIR RESOURCES WITH OURS TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE. IT'S A DIFFERENCE THAT'S NEEDED. MAORI MEN MAKE UP 51% OF THE PRISON MUSTER, BUT THAT RISES TO 58% FOR MAORI WOMEN. AND WHEN THEY LEAVE, MAORI PRISONERS HAVE A 33% REOFFENDING RATE ` THAT'S 8% HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER ETHNIC GROUP. SPRINGHILL IN MEREMERE WILL BE THE INITIAL FOCUS OF THE INITIATIVE. IT'S HOPED THE PLAN WILL EVENTUALLY EXTEND TO ALL FIVE PRISONS IN THE TRIBAL REGION AND, IF SUCCESSFUL, BE EXPANDED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. THE ORANGE-FRONTED PARAKEET, OR KAKARIKI, IS AT RISK OF BECOMING NZ'S LATEST EXTINCT SPECIES, WITH AROUND 200 LEFT. AND IN THOSE SELECT SOUTH ISLAND VALLEYS WHERE THEY REMAIN, THE ENDANGERED BIRDS ARE BATTLING PESTS AND INBREEDING. BLAIR NORTON HAS DETAILS. PRECIOUS CARGO BEING SENT ON A MISSION TO HELP SAVE A SPECIES. ORANGE-FRONTED PARAKEET, OR KAKARIKI, ARE AS ENDANGERED AS MAUI DOLPHIN AND KAKAPO. THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 200 LEFT. WE ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND VIABLE POPULATIONS OF THESE BIRDS, SO AT THE MOMENT, IF YOU LIKE, WE'RE IN INTENSIVE CARE. AND THAT INVOLVES HELP ON SEVERAL FRONTS, ADDING 200KM OF TRAPS IN THE THREE CANTERBURY VALLEYS THAT ARE THEIR ONLY NATURAL HABITAT. THAT LOOKS AWESOME. AND LIKE TODAY, RELEASING BIRDS THAT HAVE BEEN BRED IN CAPTIVITY TO BOOST NUMBERS AND HELP FIND WILD POPULATIONS. THIS VALLEY USED TO HAVE A REASONABLE POPULATION OF ORANGE-FRONTED PARAKEETS. IN THIS PAST SEASON, WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE SIGHTING. THEY'RE ALSO HOPING THE CAPTIVE BIRDS WILL BREED WITH PARAKEETS HERE IN THE HAWDON VALLEY AND TACKLE THE FERTILITY AND DISEASE PROBLEMS THAT CAN COME FROM INBREEDING. WE'RE APPROACHING THAT PROBLEM WITH ORANGE-FRONTED PARAKEETS AS WELL, AND SO WE WANNA CATCH IT BEFORE IT BECOMES EVEN WORSE. AFTER A WARM WELCOME FROM ONE OF THE LOCALS, THERE'LL BE A COUPLE OF SETTLING-IN DAYS IN A PURPOSE-BUILT AVIARY. THE KAIAPOI MEN'S GROUP WHICH PROVIDED IT ONLY TOO HAPPY TO HELP. IT WAS A GOOD PROJECT FOR US TO SINK OUR TEETH INTO. SO WE TOOK IT ON BOARD, AND THE GUYS LOVE IT. THE GROUP ALSO TURNING THEIR HAND TO MAKING SOME WOODEN EGGS THAT'LL BE USED AS PLACEBOS WHEN THE RANGERS GATHER THE REAL THING FOR HATCHING IN INCUBATORS. SO STARTS A JOURNEY TO STOP EXTINCTION. IN A FEW DAYS, STAGE TWO ` WHEN THE AVIARY DOORS OPEN AND THE REAL WORK FOR THESE KAKARIKI BEGINS. BLAIR NORTON, 1 NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT. AND THE BLACKCAPS FIGHT BACK AGAIN. A TONNE OF ACTION ON A JUICY FIRST DAY PITCH AS A NEW CENTURY HERO STANDS TALL FOR THE BLACKCAPS ` THE EPITOME OF A GUTSY KNOCK FROM HENRY NICHOLLS. PLUS, NEHE MILNER-SKUDDER OPENS UP ON HIS LATEST RUGBY INJURY. HAS TENNIS BRAT NICK KYRGIOS FINALLY CALMED DOWN? AND WE MEET THE NEW ALL WHITE WITH THE INTRIGUING BACKGROUND. ARE YOU NERVOUS? NAH. A LITTLE BIT. I HAVE TO SING. SO HOW INFLUENTIAL WAS ONE OF HIS AUSSIE TEAMMATES IN DECIDING TO PLAY FOR NEW ZEALAND? SUNDAY ON Q&A ` MORE AND MORE ICONIC AND SENSITIVE LAND IS BEING SOLD TO FOREIGN BUYERS. DO THEY HAVE AN ADVANTAGE OVER KIWIS WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN THE SAME LAND? WHENA OWEN INVESTIGATES, SUNDAY MORNING AT 9 ON TVNZ 1. SEVEN TIMES IN A ROW NOW SOUTH AFRICA HAS WON THE TOSS AGAINST THE BLACK CAPS. SAME STORY TODAY IN WELLINGTON ON DAY ONE OF THE SECOND TEST, BUT SOME HOME TEAM EMBARRASSMENT IN THE CAPITAL WAS SAVED BY CANTERBURY'S HENRY NICHOLLS. MARTIN TASKER REPORTS. PROTEAS SKIPPER FAF DU PLESSIS OPTED TO BOWL BECAUSE HE EXPECTED THE BASIN RESERVE WICKET TO DO SOMETHING EARLY. AND IT DID, AS THE HAPLESS TOM LATHAM FOUND OUT FIRST. GONE. LIKE HIS COUNTERPART, KANE WILLIAMSON WOULD ALSO HAVE CHOSEN TO BOWL, FALLING VICTIM TO THE REASON WHY AND GONE FOR TWO. YEAH, THAT'S CLOSE TOO. THAT'S ANGLING BACK, AND HE'S GIVEN HIM. 11/2, SOON 21/3 AS DEBUTANT NEAL BROOME GOES FOR A DUCK. EDGE. OH, SOME CATCH. THEY ARE ON FIRE, THIS MORNING, SOUTH AFRICA, THIS MORNING. WHAT AN ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC GRAB FROM QUINTON DE KOCK. A PERIOD OF CONSOLIDATION FROM JEET RAVAL... AND THA'TS GOOD TOO. THAT'S OUTSTANDING. ...AND HENRY NICHOLLS. OH, GOOD SHOT. FINALLY MOVING THE SCORE ALONG UNTIL THE LAST BALL BEFORE LUNCH. EDGE AND GONE. JUST LIKE THAT. PLAYING AT WIDTH. FOUR BEFORE LUNCH. THE BLACK CAPS ON THE BACK FOOT. LIKEWISE, JIMMY NEESHAM, BUT THIS TIME PROFITING. PULLED HARD BY NEESHAM. THIS IS AN ILLUSTRATION I THINK OF JUST HOW PLACID THIS SURFACE IS GOING TO GET. THE ALL-ROUNDER LOOKING TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT. THIS TIME TOO FULL. THIRD BOUNDARY OF THE OVER. BRINGS UP THE 100. BUT INSTEAD OF BEING SET, NEESHAM IS STUMPED. DRAWN OFF HIS CREASE AND GONE. THAT'S A WASTE. NICHOLLS LEFT TO HOLD IT TOGETHER. HALF CENTURY UP FOR NICHOLLS, A VERY GOOD ONE INDEED. AND IT GOT EVEN BETTER ` THE 25-YEAR-OLD CONVERTED HIS FIFTH 50 INTO A FIRST TEST TON. THREE FIGURES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TEST CRICKET. CELEBRATIONS SHORT-LIVED AS THE FINAL BLACK CAP WICKETS TUMBLED. TIM SOUTHEE CAMEO AT LEAST GIVING HIM SOMETHING TO BOWL AT. MARTIN TASKER, 1 NEWS. NICHOLLS AND BJ WATLING PUTTING ON 116 FOR THE SIXTH WICKET. SO 268 NOT BAD AFTER BEING 21/3. JP DUMINY TAKING A TEST BEST, 4/47. BUT THE BLACK CAPS HAVE KNICKED OUT THE SOUTH AFRICAN OPENERS CHEAPLY, 20/2, WHEN STUMPS WERE CALLED JUST MINUTES AGO. FINALLY SOME GOOD NEWS FOR THE HIGHLANDERS ON THE INJURY FRONT WITH ALL BLACKS FULLBACK BEN SMITH BACK FOR THIS WEEKEND'S SHOWDOWN AGAINST THE HURRICANES IN WELLINGTON. ONE MAN WHO'LL BE MISSING FROM THE LOCAL DERBY IS THE RECOVERING NEHE MILNER-SKUDDER. HE FRACTURED BONES IN HIS FOOT PLAYING AGAINST THE CHIEFS LAST WEEK AND IS OUT UNTIL THE END OF NEXT MONTH. IT COMES AFTER HE MISSED MOST OF LAST YEAR WITH A SERIOUS SHOULDER INJURY. MILNER-SKUDDER REMAINS POSITIVE. I GUESS, JUST KNOWING THAT IT IS GONNA BE A PRETTY QUICK RECOVERY. THINKING BACK TO LAST YEAR, IF I CAN PAIR THE TWO THE WHOLE SEASON COMPARED TO FOUR WEEKS IN A MOON BOOT, AND THEN CAN START CRACKING ON WITH THINGS FROM THERE. SO IT'S PRETTY EASY. MILNER-SKUDDER WILL BE WELL AND TRULY FIT IN TIME FOR LIONS SELECTION. HE'S INTRIGUED TO HEAR ONGOING TALK ABOUT A POSSIBLE EXTRA TEST SHOWDOWN AGAINST NEW PIN-UP BOYS ENGLAND IN EARLY NOVEMBER. WE'LL HAVE TO JUGGLE IT AROUND THE CALENDAR AND THE WORKLOAD OF THE PLAYERS AND WHAT OTHER GAMES ARE HAPPENING AT THE MINUTE. BUT IN SAYING THAT, PLAYING AGAINST THEM WOULD BE PRETTY MASSIVE. BUT THE LATEST SNAG FOR THE EXTRA TEST TO GO AHEAD ` APART FROM MONEY, SEVERAL ENGLISH CLUBS SAY THEY'RE UNLIKELY TO RELEASE THEIR PLAYERS. ANY GAME ON NOVEMBER 4TH FALLS OUTSIDE THE OFFICIAL NORTHERN HEMISPHERE TEST WINDOW, SO CLUBS AREN'T OBLIGED TO RELEASE PLAYERS. THE CRUSADERS NEW INSIDE BACK COMBINATION IS LOOKING TO UPSTAGE THEIR FORMER TEAM, THE BLUES, TOMORROW NIGHT. CONVERTED FULLBACK MITCHELL HUNT, WHO WAS ONCE IN THE BLUES DEVELOPMENT SQUAD, IS RELISHING REGULAR GAME TIME AT FIRST FIVE. LAST YEAR MY ROLE, WHILE DAGGER HAD HIS SHOULDER INJURY, WAS AROUND THAT 15 JERSEY. AND THROUGH DISCUSSIONS AND STUFF, WE SORT OF WANTED TO GET INTO THAT 10 ROLE A BIT MORE. AND YEAH, I GUESS, THAT MITRE 10 ROLE FOR ME WAS PRETTY MUCH FULLBACK ALL YEAR, BAR A COUPLE OF GAMES. AFTER PLAYING EVERY MATCH FOR THE BLUES LAST SEASON, HALFBACK BRYN HALL HAS ALSO MADE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT AT THE CRUSADERS. THE TEAM GOT NAMED THE OTHER DAY, AND I SAW MY NAME UP THERE. IT WASN'T REALLY TALKED ABOUT. IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, NEXT MAN UP. AND MITCHIE AND MYSELF ARE IN A GOOD COMPETITION AT THE MOMENT, AND I GUESS IT BRINGS THE BEST OUT OF US. THE CRUSADERS WILL BE HOPING THEY DON'T NEED A REPEAT OF MITCHELL HUNT'S LAST-MINUTE HEROICS IN BRISBANE LAST WEEKEND. IT MIGHT TECHNICALLY BE A HOME GAME FOR THE BULLDOGS, BUT THE WARRIORS ARE HOPING TO HAVE PLENTY OF SUPPORT ON THE SIDELINES IN DUNEDIN TOMORROW NIGHT FOR THE FIRST OFFICIAL NRL MATCH IN THE SOUTHERN CITY. THE WARRIORS TRAINING UNDER THE ROOF AT FORSYTH BARR STADIUM, CONDITIONS FAR MORE PLEASANT THAN THE WASHOUT AGAINST THE STORM LAST WEEKEND. REGARDLESS OF THE TRACK, COACH STEPHEN KEARNEY ISN'T MAKING ANY DRASTIC CHANGES IN GAME PLAN. HOW WE WANNA PLAY WITH THE FOOTBALL AND ATTACK AND CERTAINLY HOW WE WANNA DEFEND, AND THAT DOESN'T CHANGE TOMORROW NIGHT FOR US. KEARNEY WAS IN DUNEDIN AS COACH OF THE KIWIS WHEN THEY BEAT ENGLAND IN THE 2014 FOUR NATIONS, A VISIT MOST FAMOUS FOR BRITISH HOOKER JOSH HODGSON SMASHING THROUGH A DOOR IN A STUDENT FLAT. HE'S THE UNDENIABLE STAR OF THE ALL WHITES FRONT LINE, BUT AS IT TURNS OUT, MARCO ROJAS MAKES FOR A DECENT FOOTBALL RECRUITER AS WELL. ROJAS HAD A KEY ROLE IN CONVINCING HIS MELBOURNE VICTORY TEAMMATE IN THE A LEAGE, JAI INGHAM, TO PLAY FOR NEW ZEALAND. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT KIMBERLEE DOWNS CAUGHT UP WITH THE PAIR IN MELBOURNE. TEAMMATES NOW FOR CLUB AND COUNTRY. AND TODAY, JAI INGHAM REVEALED JUST HOW IMPORTANT NEW ZEALAND STAR MARCO ROJAS HAS BEEN IN PUSHING HIM IN THE ALL WHITES' DIRECTION. EVEN BEFORE I GOT CALLED UP, HE'S BEEN VERY INFLUENTIAL` INF` (CHUCKLES) HE'S BEEN VERY, UH, IN` WHAT IS IT? ROJAS HELPING OUT THERE JUST AS HE HELPED CONVINCE HIS AUSTRALIAN-BORN SAMOAN TEAMMATE TO PLAY FOR NZ, THE COUNTRY OF INGHAM'S MOTHER'S BIRTH. I WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST REASON. I SHOULDN'T SAY. (CHUCKLES) NAH, I JUST... WHEN HE ASKED QUESTIONS, I ANSWERED THEM. I TOLD HIM WHAT OUR TEAM WAS LIKE, OUR AMBITIONS. IT'S A BUSY TIME FOR THE PAIR, WHO'LL FLY INTO WELLINGTON THIS WEEKEND AHEAD OF THE ALL WHITES' FOUR-DAY TRAINING CAMP. THEY'LL THEN PLAY FIJI TWICE WITH THE NATIONAL SIDE BEFORE COMING BACK HERE TO MELBOURNE, WHERE PREPARATIONS FOR THE PLAYOFFS WILL BE WELL AND TRULY UNDER WAY. AS LONG AS HE DOESN'T TAKE MY PLACE, THEN THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THE 23-YEAR-OLD HAS ONE AIM WHEN HE JOINS THE SQUAD ALONG WITH YOUNGER BROTHER DANE. WE WANT TO TRY AND MAKE THE COUNTRY PROUD. AND, LOOK, IF WE CAN COME IN AND HELP THE TEAM IN ANY WAY AND BE INFLUENTIAL IN ANY WAY, THEN WE'RE VERY HAPPY. AS FOR NERVES, INGHAM'S ONLY WORRIED ABOUT ONE THING ` PERFORMING A TRADITIONAL NEWBIE'S SONG. SINGING IN FRONT OF THE TEAM. (CHUCKLES) THAT'LL BE` THAT'LL BE DIFFERENT. WHAT SONG ARE YOU GONNA SING? I THINK I'LL SING 'THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL' BY MICHAEL JACKSON. DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US A LITTLE DEMO? NO, NO. HE DID MANAGE A BRIEF DANCE, THOUGH ` FITTING, GIVEN THE ALL WHITES WILL BE HOPING HE BRINGS THE RIGHT MOVES COME GAME TIME AS WELL. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, 1 NEWS, MELBOURNE. TENNIS GREATS ROGER FEDERER AND RAFAEL NADAL HAVE MET FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN FINAL TWO MONTHS AGO. IT'S THE EARLIEST THEY'VE PLAYED IN A TOURNAMENT FOR WELL OVER A DECADE, IN THE ROUND OF 16 IN INDIAN WELLS, CALIFORNIA. SO EARLY NADAL MUST HAVE SLEPT IN, FEDERER CLEANING HIM OUT EARLY WITH TRADEMARK BACKHANDS. GASPS FROM THE CROWD. THAT'S EXTRAORDINARY. ONE OF FEDERER'S SERVICE GAMES TOOK JUST 45 SECONDS, THE STRAIGHT SETS WIN COMPLETED IN AN HOUR. (CHEERING) IT'S IN. WHAT A WAY TO FINISH. IN THE OTHER MATCH OF INTEREST, FIERY AUSSIE NICK KYRGIOS, WHO APPEARS TO BE KNUCKLING DOWN AND INCREASING HIS FOREHAND POWER, HAS UPSET NOVAK DJOKOVIC IN STRAIGHT SETS. IT'S THE WORLD NUMBER 16'S SECOND WIN IN A ROW OVER DJOKOVIC. HE BEAT THE SERB JUST TWO WEEKS AGO IN MEXICO. KYRGIOS GETS TO PLAY ROGER FEDERER IN THE QUARTER FINALS. AN ATTEMPT TO PERFORM THE DEEPEST FREE DIVE EVER RECORDED HERE HAS FALLEN WELL SHORT AT THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS ON LAKE TAUPO. DAVE MULLINS WAS ATTEMPTING TO REACH A DEPTH OF 105M IN THE CONSTANT WEIGHT DISCIPLINE. HAVING CAREFULLY PLANNED HIS FOOD INTAKE, A TWO-HOUR TECHNICAL DELAY MEANT HE WAS LOW ON ENERGY AND SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE COLD WATER, FORCING HIM TO PULL OUT AT JUST 42M. I WAS ACTUALLY OK ON THE DIVE. BUT I'D JUST BEEN REALLY, REALLY COLD BEFOREHAND, SHIVERING BEFORE I STARTED. AND IT WAS JUST TOO RISKY. YOU CAN DO THE DIVE, BUT YOU CAN REALLY DAMAGE YOURSELF, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A TENSE CHEST. WHEN I DID, I COULD FEEL THAT I WASN'T GETTING AIR OUT, TRYING TO EQUALISE, SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BIT SILLY TO PUSH IT HARD. THERE ARE TWO COMPETITION DAYS LEFT IN WHICH MULLINS CAN ATTEMPT TO MAKE ANOTHER DIVE. ALSO PROBLEMS OFF THE GOLD COAST WHERE JELLYFISH FORCED COMPETITORS TO FLEE THE WATER IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THE WOMEN'S WORLD SURF LEAGUE. COOLANGATTA GOLD WAS MORE LIKE COOLANGATTA BLUE. BOTTLE JELLY FISH WERE STIRRED UP BY THE STRENGTHENING ONSHORE WINDS. THE WORST STINGS WERE RESERVED FOR SYDNEY SURFER LAURA ENEVER, WHO QUIT HER HEAT TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. AMERICAN COURTNEY CONLOGUE WAS ALSO ON THE RECEIVING END. WE WERE JUST FIGHTING AT EACH OTHER. THERE WERE BLUE BOTTLES. WE WERE PLAYING, LIKE, ARCADE OUT THERE. HAWAIIAN CARISSA MOORE WAS ALSO STUNG, PROMPTING ORGANISERS TO CANCEL THE FINAL HEAT ON THE OPENING DAY. PRETTY GNARLY EH? An opportunity for Don Henley fans. We were singing Don Henley before. IN THE LAST FEW HOURS A KIWI'S JUST COMPLETED A WORLD FIRST. AND WE WERE THERE FOR OUR MATE JEZZA'S BIG MOMENT. GET ONE PERSON TO PUSH ME OFF, AND I GO FLYING. SKY'S THE LIMIT. ALSO TONIGHT... ABSOLUTELY NO AMBITION TO CRUISE UP AND DOWN STATE HIGHWAY 1 IN THIS. BEACH ONLY. SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, SHOULD THIS CAR BE REQUIRED TO GET A WARRANT OF FITNESS? AND DONALD TRUMP VS RAPPER SNOOP DOGG. WHO WOULD YOU BACK? WE SCORE BOTH SIDES ON SEVEN SHARP TONIGHT. I love watching rugby with you, but I can only imagine how good it would be at a decent volume. Right now healthy hearing is even more affordable, with... Offer ends 30th of April. TINKLY MUSIC Even though we have an approaching front, we still have good weather. I wouldn't be surprised if there is an autumn beach trip around the country. This is what we are dealing with here. The cloud is easing away on East Coast. A big fat high. This is keeping things pretty stable and a far cry from where we were a week ago. We can see the bend on it with the energy going east. There will be strengthening wind and areas of patchy rain. A good north-westerly gives us 28 to the west coast. Elsewhere you are in fine shape. A cooler south-wester. Don't be surprised on Sunday morning, there could be a touch of frost in southern spots. Let's get through tomorrow, but the weekend there could be good spots. Odd shower and Northland but everywhere else is fine. Slightly different deal and the South Island. We start to see spots of rain, not until the evening in the far south. The further east you are after early cloud, your day is fine. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ