IT'S MIDDAY. SOME OF OUR MOST AT-RISK YOUTH ARE LOCKED AWAY IN PRISON-LIKE CONDITIONS. THE CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER SAYS VIOLENCE AND BULLYING IS ALL TOO COMMON. INCRIMINATING DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS ` HOW SMART DEVICES ARE OPENING UP NEW AVENUES FOR LAW AND ORDER. AND MITCHELL SANTNER TAKES CAREER-BEST FIGURES AS THE BLACKCAPS DENY IRELAND A VICTORY ON HOME SOIL. YOUNG PEOPLE IN STATE CARE ARE LIVING IN BLEAK, DATED AND PRISON-LIKE FACILITIES, ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT BY THE CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER. JUDGE ANDREW BECROFT SAYS THE CURRENT MODEL NEEDS AN OVERHAUL TO ENSURE BETTER OUTCOMES FOR VULNERABLE CHILDREN. KAITLIN RUDDOCK REPORTS. FROM THE OUTSIDE, THEY RESEMBLE ANY OTHER PRISON. BUT BY DEFINITION, THESE CONCRETE INSTITUTIONS SERVE AS RESIDENCE FOR CHILDREN IN THE YOUTH JUSTICE SYSTEM. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF RESIDENCES. oNE IS THE CARE AND PROTECTION rESIDENCES WHERE KIDS ARE THERE FOR THE VERY CHALLENGING BEHAVIORS. tHEY ARE LESS PRISON -LIKE, BUT STILL THEY ARE CONCRETE INSTITUTIONS WITH HIGH ROOFS, 8M-HIGH FENCES, LOCK AND KEY. tHEY ARE USED JUST AS PRISONS. THERE ARE FOUR OF THEM. tHEY LOOK ON THE OUTSIDE LIKE PRISONS. THE CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE HAS MONITORED SEVEN OF NINE SECURE RESIDENCES UNDER 'ORANGA TAMARIKI', PREVIOUSLY 'CHILD, YOUTH AND FAMILY'. SOME OF THEM ARE PRETYY DRAB, GRIM AND COULD DO WITH A RETHINK. IN ITS LATEST REPORT, IT FOUND CURRENT CONDITIONS SEPARATE BEHAVIOURALLY-CHALLENGED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THEIR COMMUNITIES, MAKING POSITIVE INTERVENTIONS DIFFICULT. MOST OF THE RESEARCH NOW SHOWS WHAT WORKS IS DECENTRALISED SYSTEMS. BUT THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS IT'LL NEED TO STRIKE THE BALANCE BETWEEN KEEPING YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE COMMUNITY SAFE. JUST BEAR IN MIND THAT THESE ARE NZ'S TOUGHEST KIDS. THEY DON'T ALWAYS DO WHAT THEY'RE TOLD, THEY DON'T ALWAYS STAY WHERE THEY'RE MEANT TO BE. AND SO IT'S A FINE BALANCE BETWEEN I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S ARGUING ABOUT THE SECURITY AND THE NEED FOR LOCK AND KEY; IT'S JUST HOW WE DELIVER THAT. THESE ARE OUR MOST CHALLENGING YOUNG PEOPLE. SADLY MANY COULD COME TO BECOME OUR MOST SERIOUS CRIMINALS. AND HOW TO DELIVER BETTER OUTCOMES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN STATE CARE. KAITLIN RUDDOCK, 1 NEWS. IT'S VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE THESE DAYS NOT TO LEAVE A DIGITAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR TRACKS. BUT WHAT IF THE SMALL DEVICES WE INCREASINGLY RELY ON CAN LAND YOU IN JAIL? ANYTHING FROM DATA COLLECTED IN MOBILE PHONES, FITBITS AND EVEN PACEMAKERS ARE OPENING UP NEW AVENUES FOR LEGAL INVESTIGATORS, AS PAUL HOBBS REPORTS. WHETHER WE KNOW IT OR NOT, WE LEAVE A TRAIL OF INFORMATION AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE WORLD. IF THE DATA IS THERE, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A DEMAND FOR IT. WE ARE BEING FILMED; OUR PHONES LEAVE FOOTPRINTS ` INFORMATION FREQUENTLY USED IN A COURT OF LAW. YOU CAN'T REALLY RULE OUT ANY DATA AS COMPLETELY OFF-LIMITS. BUT MORE AND MORE DEVICES COLLECT VERY PERSONAL DATA. WE MONITOR OUR HEART RATES, EVEN OUR SLEEP PATTERNS. BUT WHAT ABOUT INFORMATION COLLECTED INSIDE YOU? IN A PACEMAKER? THIS AMERICAN CLAIM TO HAVE ESCAPED AS HIS HOUSE WENT UP IN FLAMES. INSTEAD, HE WAS CHARGED WITH ARSON. THE DATA OBTAINED FROM HIS PACEMAKER DIDN'T BACK UP HIS STORY. BUT HAVE AUTHORITIES GOING TO FAR? WE CHOOSE TO USE OUR PHONES. BUT A PACEMAKER? THAT IS SOMETHING IN YOUR PRIVATE DOMAIN, SO IT'S NOT ONLY COLLECTING INFORMATION ABOUT YOU, BUT IT'S DOING SO KIND OF WITHIN YOUR SPHERE OF PRIVACY. AUCKLANDER JAMES HAS A PACEMAKER. IT IS LITERALLY LIFE OR DEATH FOR ME. HE IS UNSURE WHETHER OTHERS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ACCESS DATA FROM IT. FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT WOULD OPEN A CAN OF WORMS, A LOT OF ETHICAL QUESTIONS. A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO KEEP THEIR PRIVACY. IF POLICE OR ANY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WANTS TO GET ACCESS FROM ONE OF THESE NEW DATA SOURCES, THEY'VE GOT TO GO AND GET PERMISSION FROM A JUDGE. POLICE SAY SMART DEVICES ARE CONTINUING TO EVOLVE, AND THEY TAKE LEGAL ADVICE WHEN TECHNOLOGY OPENS UP NEW AVENUES FOR INVESTIGATION. THE PRIVACY COMMISSIONER SAYS CHECK YOU SECURITY SETTINGS TO GUARD AGAINST UNLAWFUL DATA ACCESS. BUT ULTIMATELY WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES ` IS ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY IN OUR LIFE WORTH IT? PAUL HOBBS, 1 NEWS. CHINA HAS PITCHED ITS AMBITIOUS TRADE PROJECT TO DELIVER A TRILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF INVESTMENT INTO NEW TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND THE GLOBE. NEW ZEALAND HAS SIGNED UP FOR THE INITIATIVE. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN SENT THIS REPORT FROM BEIJING. SO THE BELT AND ROAD SUMMIT WINDS UP TODAY WITH THE LEADERS' SUMMIT. THAT COMES AFTER HEARING PRESIDENT XI'S SPEECH ABOUT HOW THIS ENORMOUS PLAN WILL COME INTO PLACE. FOR NEW ZEALAND, THIS WAS ALWAYS ABOUT COMING TO LISTEN AND SEE WHAT PRESIDENT XI HAD TO SAY. THERE IS NOW 18 MONTHS FOR CHINA AND NEW ZEALAND TO WORK ON WAYS IN WHICH THE BELT-AND-ROAD FORUM COULD SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, MORE INFRASTRUCTURE BUILT IN NEW ZEALAND FROM CHINESE FIRMS OR FOR NEW ZEALAND FIRMS TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT CHINA IS TALKING ABOUT. THERE'S A SERIOUS WARNING TODAY FROM THE EU'S LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THAT THE WEEKEND'S CYBER ATTACK COULD TAKE OFF AS THE WORKING WEEK GETS UNDER WAY IN MOST PARTS OF THE WORLD. THE RANSOMWARE ATTACKED MORE THAN 200,000 COMPUTERS GLOBALLY, MANY OF WHICH HAD OUT OF DATE SECURITY SOFTWARE. THE BBC'S GORDON CORERA REPORTS. A CYBER ATTACK THAT'S SPREAD LIKE WILD FIRE AROUND THE WORLD, AND MAY NOT YET BE OVER. IT WAS LAUNCHED ON FRIDAY BY HACKERS WHOSE IDENTITIES ARE STILL UNKNOWN. AND WHAT'S BEEN SEEN SO FAR HAS ALREADY BEEN EXTRAORDINARY, SAY LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS ` UNPRECEDENTED IN ITS SCALE THE LATEST NUMBERS THAT WE'RE SEEING, OVER 200,000 VICTIMS IN OVER 150 COUNTRIES, SO CLEARLY A GLOBAL PHENOMENON. THIS IS WHAT VICTIMS ARE BEING CONFRONTED WITH ` A WARNING THEY HAVE BEEN LOCKED OUT OF THEIR COMPUTER AND THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY A RANSOM TO GET BACK IN. IN BRITAIN, THE NHS SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN THE MAIN VICTIM. IN RUSSIA, THE INTERIOR MINISTRY WAS HIT. IN FRANCE, A CAR PLANT HAD TO STOP PRODUCTION, AND IN GERMANY TRAIN ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURE BOARDS WERE HACKED, LEADING TO A RETURN TO CHALK AND BLACKBOARDS. THIS MAP, CREATED BY A RESEARCHER WHO'S TRACKED THE VIRUS, SHOWS THE SPREAD OF INFECTION. WHAT ALL THOSE INFECTED HAD IN COMMON WAS THAT THEIR COMPUTERS HAD NOT BEEN UPGRADED TO ELIMINATE THIS DANGER. IN AMERICA, THE FBI AND NSA ARE TRYING TO FIND THOSE RESPONSIBLE. HERE BRITAIN'S CYBER-SECURITY CENTRE, PART OF GCHQ, SAYS IT HAS NOT SEEN A NEW WAVE OF ATTACKS STRIKE THE UK SINCE FRIDAY, BUT WHEN PEOPLE TURN ON THEIR COMPUTERS TOMORROW, THE FEAR IS WE COULD SEE PROBLEMS ON A SIGNIFICANT SCALE BECAUSE OF MALICIOUS SOFTWARE WHICH HAS ALREADY SPREAD. WHAT'S LIKELY TO HAPPEN TOMORROW IS THAT ORGANISATIONS THAT DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE EFFECTED ON FRIDAY, MAY FIND OUT THAT OUT TOMORROW. AND ORGANISATIONS THAT WERE EFFECTED ON FRIDAY AND OVER THE WEEKEND MIGHT FIND THAT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS HAVE SPREAD. THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THE ATTACKS ARE NEW, IT'S A REPERCUSSION OF WHAT HAPPENED ON FRIDAY. A 5.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HAS KILLED THREE PEOPLE IN NORTH EASTERN IRAN. LOCAL MEDIA SAY THE SHAKE STRUCK A FARMING REGION CLOSE TO THE TURKMENISTAN BORDER. THE QUAKE LED TO A POWER OUTAGE AND CAUSED WIDE SPREAD DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND NEARBY VILLAGES. MORE THAN 170 PEOPLE WERE HOSPITALISED WITH INJURIES. THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD AN URGENT MEETING FOLLOWING NORTH KOREA'S LAUNCH OF ANOTHER MISSILE, THE SEVENTH THIS YEAR. THE US AND JAPAN ARE NOW SCRAMBLING TO ANALYSE THE MISSILE WHICH THEY BELIEVE COULD BE A NEW TYPE OF LONG-RANGE WEAPON. THE ABC'S GLORIA RIVIERA REPORTS. THAT LAUNCH RAISING TROUBLING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INCREASING SOPHISTICATION OF NORTH KOREA'S MISSILE PROGRAMME. IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN ANY MILITARY MISSILE GO THIS FAR. BUT WE CAN BE SURE THAT THE NORTH KOREANS ARE TRYING TO MAKE THIS MISSILE NUCLEAR-CAPABLE. THE MEDIUM-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE LAUNCHED EARLY SUNDAY, REACHING AN UNUSUALLY HIGH ALTITUDE. BEFORE COMING DOWN INTO THE SEA BETWEEN NORTH KOREA AND JAPAN, BEFORE COMING DOWN INTO THE SEA BETWEEN NORTH KOREA AND JAPAN, A FEW HUNDRED MILES FROM RUSSIA. BECAUSE THESE MISSILES ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE CAPABLE, SHOOTING UP TOWARDS RUSSIA ALLOWED THEM TO TEST THE MAXIMUM RANGE OF THIS PARTICULAR MISSILE. IN A STATEMENT THE WHITE HOUSE CALLED NORTH KOREA: BUT RUSSIA'S DEFENCE MINISTRY SAID THE TEST POSED NO DANGER DUE TO THAT COUNTRY'S EARLY WARNING SYSTEM. THIS WAS THE 7TH MISSILE TEST SINCE PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK OFFICE. THE PREVIOUS THREE TESTS OF THIS TYPE OF MISSILE FAILED, LEADING SOME TO SUGGEST THAT THE US HAD HACKED THE TESTS. THERE IS A VERY STRONG BELIEF THAT THE AMERICANS, THROUGH CYBER METHODS, HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IN INTERRUPTING THESE TESTS AND MAKING THEM FAIL. BUT ON THE FOURTH TRY IT WORKED FOR THE NORTH KOREANS, THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF ITS KIND ` THE KN17. IN RESPONSE, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS CALLING FOR TOUGHER SANCTIONS AND PRESS TO EXPLAIN ITS OVER ALL STRATEGY. WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS CONTINUE TO TIGHTEN THE SCREWS. HE FEELS IT. HE ABSOLUTELY FEELS IT. A MILITARY OPERATION HAS BEEN LAUNCHED TO RE-ESTABLISH ORDER AMONG SOLDIERS WHO STAGED A THREE-DAY MUTINY IN THE IVORY COAST CITY OF BOUAKE. UNREST BROKE OUT IN TWO OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST CITIES OVER THE WEEKEND AROUND A PAY DISPUTE. MANY OF THE DISGRUNTLED SOLDIERS WERE FORMER REBELS WHO JOINED THE ARMY AFTER THE CIVIL WAR. FRANCE HAS SWORN IN ITS YOUNGEST EVER PRESIDENT AT AN ELABORATE CEREMONY AT THE ELYSEES PALACE. EMMANUEL MACRON NOW FACES THE TOUGH TASK OF WINNING A MAJORITY IN NEXT MONTH'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS AS HIS PARTY CURRENTLY HOLD NO SEATS. THE BBC'S DAMIAN GRAMMATICAS REPORTS FROM PARIS. (ROYAL MUSIC PLAYS) NOT SINCE FRANCE HAD AN EMPEROR 200 YEARS AGO HAS IT HAD A LEADER THIS YOUNG. 39 YEARS OLD ` INAUGURATED PRESIDENT TODAY OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL NATIONS. EMMANUEL MACRON HAS SEIZED HIS OPPORTUNITY, PROPELLED BY A YOUNG MAN'S SELF-CONFIDENCE AND SOME POLITICAL GOOD FORTUNE. THE DISILLUSION THAT'S FEW WORLD POPULISM ELSEWHERE HAS LED FRANCE TO BACK A NEWCOMER, BUT ONE SQUARELY IN THE CENTRE GROUND. EMMANUEL MACRON ROUTED THE TRADITIONAL PARTIES. THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT, FRANCOIS HOLLANDE, LEAVES OFFICE AS FRANCE'S MOST UNPOPULAR LEADER OF MODERN TIMES. BUT THE TASK IN FRONT OF MR MACRON IS HUGE, IF THIS BUSINESS-FRIENDLY LIBERALIST IS TO HONOUR HIS PLEDGE TO TRANSFORM FRANCE. TRANSLATOR: OUR LABOUR LAWS WILL BE LIBERALISED. COMPANIES WILL BE SUPPORTED, INITIATIVE ENCOURAGED; INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY WILL BE AT THE HEART OF MY PROGRAMME. THE FRENCH WHO FEEL LEFT BEHIND BY GLOBALISATION WILL BE BETTER PROTECTED. TO ACHIEVE ALL THAT, MR MACRON NEEDS A MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENT. BUT HIS BRAND-NEW PARTY HAS NO MP'S, AND ELECTIONS ARE IN JUST FOUR WEEKS' TIME. (APPLAUSE) WHAT MR MACRON HOPES IS THAT BY REFORMING AND REINVIGORATING FRANCE, HE CAN MAKE IT A FORCE ONCE AGAIN AT THE HEART OF THE EU. SO FOR FRANCE AND FOR EUROPE, MUCH NOW RESTS ON SOME VERY YOUNG SHOULDERS. US LAWMAKERS ARE CALLING FOR THE PRESIDENT TO HAND OVER TAPES OF CONVERSATIONS HE HAD WITH FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY IF THE RECORDINGS EXIST. DONALD TRUMP TWEETED AFTER SACKING MR COMEY THAT HE HAD RECORDINGS OF THE PAIR'S CONVERSATIONS AND HE'D RELEASE THEM IF THE EX FBI CHIEF SPOKE TO THE MEDIA. THE ABC'S DAVID WRIGHT REPORTS. EVEN AS NEW CANDIDATES ARRIVE AT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO INTERVIEW FOR THE FBI DIRECTOR'S JOB, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS STILL BEING ASKED TO EXPLAIN THIS TWEET: SUGGESTING HE MAY HAVE TAPED HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH DIRECTOR COMEY BEFORE HE FIRED HIM. THE PRESIDENT DECLINES TO ANSWER. ON THE SUNDAY SHOWS, MEMBERS OF BOTH PARTIES SAY HE'LL HAVE TO. REPUBLICANS... THIS TWEET HAS TO BE ANSWERED. I WOULD ADVISE THE PRESIDENT NOT TO TWEET OR COMMENT ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION AS WE GO FORWARD. IF, IN FACT, THERE ARE SUCH RECORDINGS, I THINK THOSE RECORDINGS WILL BE SUBPOENAED AND I THINK THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO TURN THEM OVER. ...AND DEMOCRATS. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT THESE TAPES, IF THEY EXIST, DON'T MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEAR. TO DESTROY THEM WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF LAW. TODAY GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS PUT IT TO KEN STARR, THE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL WHOSE INVESTIGATION OF THE MONICA LEWINSKY SCANDAL LED TO IMPEACHMENT OF BILL CLINTON. IF YOU WERE LOOKING INTO THIS CASE, WOULD YOU HAVE BEEN DEMANDING TAPES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE IF INDEED THEY DO EXIST? OH, ABSOLUTELY. THE INVESTIGATION HAS GOT TO BE THOROUGH. AND THAT MEANS YOU GO WHERE YOU THINK THE TRUTH IS. FOR HIS PART, COMEY IS GOING ON WITH HIS LIFE, LAST NIGHT ATTENDING A MUSICAL HERE IN DC. DEMOCRATS SAY THEY WANT TO HEAR HIS SIDE OF THE STORY, TESTIFY IN PUBLIC ON CAPITOL HILL. JAMES COMEY DESERVES HIS CHANCE TO LAY OUT TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HIS SIDE OF THE FACTS. PRINCESS DIANA'S FORMER LOVER JAMES HEWITT IS IN INTENSIVE CARE IN A HOSPITAL IN SOUTHWEST ENGLAND. THE 59-YEAR-OLD IS FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE AFTER SUFFERING A HEART ATTACK AND A STROKE. LAST MONTH, HE GAVE A RARE TELEVISION INTERVIEW DENYING LONGSTANDING RUMOURS HE IS PRINCE HARRY'S REAL FATHER. A BRITISH CENTENARIAN HAS BROKEN THE WORLD RECORD FOR THE OLDEST TANDEM SKYDIVER. THE 101-YEAR-OLD LEAPT OUT OF A PLANE AT 4500M IN DEVON. VERDUN HAYES FIRST TRIED THE EXTREME SPORT LAST YEAR TO MARK HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY. HE IS 35 DAYS OLDER THAN THE PREVIOUS RECORD HOLDER. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, UNDER THREAT AND ON THE BRINK OF BEING WIPED OUT... HOW FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY IS HELPING TO TRACK THIS ENDANGERED SEA CREATURE. AND MITCHELL SANTNER'S SPIN DISMANTLES THE IRISH AS THE TRI SERIES GETS UNDER WAY. ONE OF THE OCEAN'S MOST UNUSUAL SEA CREATURES IS UNDER THREAT AND ON THE BRINK OF BEING WIPED OUT IN SOME PARTS OF AUSTRALIA. SCIENTISTS ARE NOW USING FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY TO INDIVIDUALLY TRACK THE WEEDY SEA DRAGON TO PAINT A PICTURE OF THE THREAT. THE ABC'S NICOLE CHETTLE REPORTS. JUST 15KM FROM THE CENTRE OF SYDNEY IN KURNELL, STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL CREATURES LIVE AMONGST THE KELP, BUT THEIR HABITAT APPEARS TO BE THINNING OUT, AND THEIR NUMBERS ARE DOWN. THIS IS THE BEST SITE IN SYDNEY, SO YOU CAN STILL SEE THEM HERE RELIABLY, OTHER SITES, PARTICULARLY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SYDNEY, WHERE THEY USED TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE, NOW YOU'RE LUCKY TO FIND ONE, AND SOMETIMES YOU FIND NONE. CITIZEN SCIENTISTS ARE PHOTOGRAPHING THE SEA DRAGONS AND USING PATTERN RECOGNITION SOFTWARE TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUAL FISH. THE SOFTWARE PROGRAMME ALLOWS US TO MAP OUT THE MARKINGS ON THE SIDE OF THE WEEDY SEA DRAGON AND IT BECOMES A UNIQUE FINGERPRINT FOR THE WEEDIES. MARINE BIOLOGISTS ARE LOOKING AT RESULTS ACROSS THREE STATES. THEY SAY THE PHOTOS ARE IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE A SNAPSHOT OF LOCAL POPULATIONS WITHOUT THE NEED TO TAG THE ANIMALS. AND IT WILL TELL US IF IT'S DAVID, OR GREG OR ALICIA ` WHICHEVER. BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE NEW SEA DRAGON WE HAVE GETS A NAME, SO WE CAN FOLLOW IT OVER THE YEARS. WEEDY SEA DRAGONS ARE CLASSIFIED AS NEAR-THREATENED, BUT THERE ISN'T ENOUGH INFORMATION TO DETERMINE IF THE SPECIES IS IN PERIL. SCIENTISTS SAY THIS RESEARCH COULD BOOST THE CASE TO HAVE THEM LISTED AS ENDANGERED. THEY FEAR RISING OCEAN TEMPERATURES ARE KILLING THE KELP, AND THAT COULD RENDER THE WEEDIES HOMELESS. CLIMATE CHANGE IS DRIVING WARMER WATERS FOR THE SOUTH, I THINK THE SYDNEY POPULATION COULD COME UNDER THREAT DIRECTLY THROUGH CLIMATE CHANGE. THE FIRST RESULTS FROM THEIR STUDY SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN OCTOBER. SOME BOWLING MAGIC FROM MITCHELL SANTNER HAS PROPELLED THE BLACKCAPS TO VICTORY IN THEIR TRI-SERIES OPENER AGAINST IRELAND. THE HOSTS LOOKED TO TAKE A MAIDEN ODI WIN OVER NEW ZEALAND THANKS TO LEFT-HANDER NIALL O'BRIEN SMASHING HIS FIRST INTERNATIONAL CENTURY. BUT IT WAS SANTNER WHO WOULD STOP HIM, ALONG WITH THE OTHERS, BAGGING FIVE WICKETS. CATCH IT, TOMMY! TOMMY! TOMMY! TOP EDGE. CATCH! (CHEERING) A SPECTACULAR CATCH. DOCKRELL'S GONE. THE BLACKCAPS STORMED TO A 51-RUN VICTORY. THEIR NEXT MATCH IN THE SERIES IS AGAINST BANGLADESH ON WEDNESDAY. MEANWHILE COREY ANDERSON'S FINISHED HIS TIME IN THE INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE WITH ANOTHER STUNNING CATCH. THE BLACKCAP FLIRTED ON THE EDGE OF THE BOUNDARY TO TAKE THIS EPIC BALL. BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO SNAP A WIN OVER ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE. THE WIN FOR RCB HAS NO EFFECT ON THE STANDINGS WITH THE MUMBAI INDIANS. RISING PUNE SUPERGIANTS, KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS AND SUNRISERS HYDERABAD ALL THROUGH TO THE SEMI-FINAL. ALL BLACKS ANTON LEINERT-BROWN AND NATHAN HARRIS HAVE EXTENDED THEIR CONTRACTS WITH NEW ZEALAND RUGBY. MIDFIELDER LIENERT-BROWN HAS SIGNED A NEW DEAL THROUGH TO 2020 WHILE MOBILE HOOKER HARRIS HAS RE-SIGNED TO 2019. THE PAIR BOTH MADE THEIR SUPER RUGBY DEBUTS IN 2014 FOR THE CHIEFS, BOTH PROVING THEMSELVES AT ALL-BLACK LEVEL. LIENERT-BROWN EARNED HIMSELF A NOMINATION AS WORLD RUGBY'S BREAKTHROUGH PLAYER OF THE YEAR FOLLOWING HIS ROOKIE 2016 CAMPAIGN. AFTER AN UNBEATEN RECORD IN POOL PLAY, THE NEW ZEALAND SEVENS TEAM'S FINISHED THIRD AT THE LATEST LEG OF THE WORLD SERIES COMPETITION. THEY WERE THUMPED 26-5 BY THE EVENTUAL CHAMPIONS SOUTH AFRICA IN THE SEMI-FINAL. IT LOOKED TO BE THE SAME STORY IN THE BRONZE-MEDAL MATCH AGAINST ENGLAND BUT CAME BACK FROM 5-0 DOWN, STORMING TO A 12-5 VICTORY. STOWERS, BALL INTO HAND SHOVES IT THROUGH THE GAP, AND HE'S THROUGH. SHERWIN STOWERS. WHAT A FINISH. (WHISTLE TRILLS) SENSATIONAL STUFF. THE ALL BLACK SEVENS ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THEIR FIRST TOURNAMENT TITLE, WITH JUST ONE LEG REMAINING. THE WOMEN'S BLACKSTICKS HAVE HAD A SCORING FRENZY AGAINST INDIA LAST NIGHT, TAKING THEM DOWN 4-1 IN THE SERIES OPENER. THE KIWIS MADE A FAST START FROM THE FIRST WHISTLE, CONTROLLING MUCH OF THE GAME. JORDAN GRANT OPENED THE SCORING LINE, FOLLOWED BY OLIVIA MERRY AND RACHEL MCCANN. BUT IT WAS DEBUTANT DEANNA RITCHIE WHO SEALED THE MATCH WITH HER FIRST INTERNATIONAL GOAL, SLOTTING IT OVER THE GOALKEEPER. THE BLACKSTICKS FACE INDIA AGAIN ON TUESDAY NIGHT. IN FOOTBALL, CHELSEA HAS TAKEN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE WITH STILL TWO GAMES REMAINING, BUT IT'S HEARTBREAK FOR HULL CITY, RELEGATED FROM THE LEAGUE AFTER SUFFERING A 4-0 THRASHING TO CRYSTAL PALACE LAST NIGHT. HULL JOINS MIDDLESBROUGH AND SUNDERLAND IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT SEASON, BUT THE RESULT GUARANTEES CRYSTAL PALACE TO REMAIN IN THE LEAGUE. A CRASH INVOLVING A GROUP OF CYCLISTS IN THE GIRO D'ITALIA HAS WREAKED HAVOC DURING THE NINTH STAGE OF THE RACE. SEVERAL RIDERS FELL TO THE GROUND AFTER HITTING A POLICE MOTORCYCLE PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TEAM SKY APPEAR TO BE THE MOST AFFECTED, WITH OVERALL FAVOURITE GERAINT THOMAS POPPING HIS SHOULDER OUT. THE PACK WAS RACING TOWARD THE BIG CLIMB AT BLOCKHAUS, THE HARDEST CLIMB OF THE THREE-WEEK RACE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. AND HITTING THE RIGHT NOTES, THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT SHOWS ONCE AGAIN HE'S A MAN OF MANY TALENTS, THIS TIME MUSICAL ONES. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORY. MANY CHILDREN IN SECURE RESIDENCES ARE LIVING IN PRISON-LIKE, DATED AND BLEAK CONDITIONS, ACCORDING TO THE CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER. THE SUN STAYS OUT ACROSS MOST OF THE COUNTRY. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ HE'S A BLACK BELT IN JUDO, PLAYS THE ODD BIT OF ICE HOCKEY, AND NOW VLADIMIR PUTIN'S SHOWN OFF HIS MUSICAL SIDE. THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT SAT DOWN AT A PIANO IN BEIJING WHILE WAITING TO MEET WITH CHINESE PREMIER XI JIN PING. (PLAYS DELICATE TUNE) THE RUSSIAN LEADER PLAYED SOVIET-ERA SONGS FROM HIS CHILDHOOD. THANKS FOR WATCHING. FROM THE MIDDAY NEWS TEAM, HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY STARSHA SAMARASINGHE AND GLENNA CASALME CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017