HELLO. IT WAS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE COLD AND EVEN FROSTY MORNINGS ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTRY ` A GORGEOUS-LOOKING DAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE CLOSE BY, BUT NOW WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, THERE'S A NEW FRONT HEADING UP FROM THE SOUTH. THAT'S GOT A SOUTHERLY; THAT'S GOT SOME COLDER AIR, SOME RAIN, EVEN SOME SNOW TO THE HIGHER GROUND. ALL THE DETAILS IN THAT COMING UP. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. WHEN IS A VICTORY REALLY A DEFEAT? THERESA MAY IS FINDING OUT AFTER A SHOCK RESULT IN THE BRITISH ELECTION. AN APOLOGY AFTER MORE A THAN A CENTURY ` EMOTIONAL SCENES AT PARIHAKA TODAY AS THE GOVERNMENT SAYS SORRY. AND THE PLAN FOR A COW QUOTA ` IT'S SUPPOSED TO HELP OUR WATERWAYS, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE ECONOMY? AS WE GO TO AIR TONIGHT, BRITAIN IS WAKING TO AN UNCERTAIN POLITICAL FUTURE. THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY IS HEADING FOR A NARROW VICTORY IN THE GENERAL ELECTION, BUT IT MAY COST PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY HER JOB. AFTER MAY CALLED A SNAP ELECTION TO WIN A MANDATE TO DRIVE THROUGH BREXIT LEGISLATION, THE CONSERVATIVES NEEDED 326 SEATS FOR A CLEAR MAJORITY, BUT THEY'VE FALLEN SHORT. THE BIG WINNER IS LABOUR LEADER JEREMY CORBYN, LABOUR MAKING A MUCH STRONGER SHOWING THAN MANY PUNDITS PICKED, AND THAT MEANS A HUNG PARLIAMENT. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT EMMA KEELING JOINS US NOW FROM WESTMINSTER, AND, EMMA, WHAT'S THE REACTION THIS MORNING? This is going right down to the wire. We have a Northern Irish party that is lining up to be a possible coalition partner. Many of the other parties have said it is just unworkable for them. This election has been a complete disaster for Theresa May. A HUMILIATING VICTORY FOR THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER ` THERESA MAY'S CONSERVATIVE PARTY NOW REQUIRES HUMBLING SUPPORT FROM AT LEAST ONE OTHER PARTY TO STAY IN POWER. UNPRECEDENTED SHOCK ` NOT FOR A GENERATION OR MORE HAS THE GOVERNMENT GONE TO THE COUNTRY WITH SUCH A HUGE OPINION POLL LEAD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CAMPAIGN AND THEN APPARENTLY LOST IT. AND IT'S OF HER MAKING, CALLING A SNAP ELECTION WHILE HER LABOUR OPPOSITION APPEARED IN DISARRAY. MAY WANTED A GREATER MANDATE TO GOVERN, A GREATER MANDATE FOR HER VISION OF A HARD BREXIT. THE MANDATE'S SHE'S GOT IS LOST CONSERVATIVE SEATS, LOST VOTES, LOST SUPPORT AND LOST CONFIDENCE. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT'S ENOUGH TO GO, ACTUALLY. SOME CONSERVATIVES CALLED FOR HER HEAD TOO BEFORE THE FINAL RESULTS. SHE'S A REMARKABLE AND A VERY TALENTED WOMAN, AND SHE DOESN'T SHY FROM DIFFICULT DECISIONS, BUT SHE NOW HAS TO OBVIOUSLY CONSIDER HER POSITION. SO WHO WILL SUPPORT THE TORIES? EXPERTS SAY NORTHERN IRELAND'S DEMOCRATIC UNIONIST PARTY ARE THE MOST LIKELY PARTNERS. THEIR SEATS WOULD GET THEM ACROSS THE LINE, AND THEY SHARE SOME SIMILAR POLITICS, BUT SHE NEEDS ANOTHER PARTNER. THEY BOTH WANT BREXIT, BUT THE DUP WILL HAVE COMPLEX TRADE CONDITIONS. BREXIT NEGOTIATIONS START IN JUST NINE DAYS, THIS RESULT MANGLING MAY'S MANDATE. IN TERMS OF THE UPCOMING BREXIT NEGOTIATIONS, WHICH WE'RE ALL VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON, I THINK IT WEAKENS HER ABILITY TO COMPROMISE, MANOEUVRE, TO DO DEALS. HER VOICE CRACKING WHEN SHE SAW THE WRITING ON THE WALL, THERESA MAY PROMISED AT THE VERY LEAST STABILITY FOR BRITAIN. THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY WILL ENSURE THAT WE FULFIL OUR DUTY IN FULFILLING THAT STABILITY, IN ENSURING THAT AS ONE COUNTRY, WE CAN GO FORWARD TOGETHER. THE BREXIT REFERENDUM LAID BARE A DEEP DIVIDE IN BRITAIN ` YOUNG VERSUS OLD. THIS ELECTION REVEALS A WIDENING CHASM THE NEXT GENERATION SHOWING OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR LABOUR. PERHAPS THIS VOTER ECHOED THE DISHARMONY IN BRITISH POLITICS BEST. LOADS OF OPTIONS IN THERE, BUT I WANT TO VOTE FOR A HUNG PARLIAMENT. EVERYONE GETS HANGED. AFTER THIS SHOCK RESULT, THERESA MAY IS LEFT HOPING SHE CAN ESCAPE THAT POLITICAL PUNISHMENT AT LEAST. WELL, EMMA, THIS MAKES THINGS A WHOLE LOT HARDER FOR THERESA MAY AND THE CONSERVATIVES, DOESN'T IT? Just a little bit. That is a bit of an understatement. IF NO PARTY CAN FORM A GOVERNMENT, THEN AFTER TWO WEEKS, ANOTHER ELECTION IS CALLED. WE WOULD GO STRAIGHT TO ANOTHER SHORT CAMPAIGN. TWO OR MORE PARTIES CAN COMBINE THEIR NUMBERS AND FORM A COALITION GOVERNMENT, LIKE THE CONSERVATIVES AND LIBERAL DEMOCRATS DID AFTER 2010'S ELECTION. THEY COULD ALSO FORM A MINORITY GOVERNMENT, BUT THE GOVERNMENT LOSES ITS GUARANTEE OF PASSING LAWS FAIRLY EASILY IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. WITH BREXIT IMPENDING, IT'S A CRUCIAL TIME FOR PASSING LAWS IN THE UK, An uncertain time here in Britain. Will Teresa may resign? We do not know. It will be an interesting morning here As we find out yet again which way the future of Britain will head towards. THANKS. EMMA KEELING IN LONDON. OUR LATE NEWS WILL HAVE MORE FROM THE BRITISH ELECTION FROM 10.55 TONIGHT, AND OUR WEBSITE WILL HAVE THE LATEST REACTION FROM ALL SIDES. DONALD TRUMP, THE MAN WHO LIKES TO FIRE PEOPLE, GOT HIS CHARACTER TORCHED TODAY. IN EXPLOSIVE TESTIMONY, HIS SACKED FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY DETAILED WHAT HE CALLED LIES BY THE PRESIDENT. AND HE TOLD THE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO TUNED IN TO LIVE COVERAGE THAT TRUMP TOLD HIM TO DROP AN INVESTIGATION INTO ONE OF THE PRESIDENT'S TOP AIDES. US CORRESPONDENT REBECCA WRIGHT HAS THE STORY. IT'S A DC DRAMA THAT'S RIVETING WASHINGTON AND THE MILLIONS WATCHING, AND TODAY AMERICANS SAW A STONY-FACED JAMES COMEY AND TODAY AMERICANS SAW A STONY-FACED JAMES COMEY CALL THEIR PRESIDENT A LIAR. THE ADMINISTRATION THEN CHOSE TO DEFAME ME AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE FBI, BY SAYING THE ORGANISATION WAS IN DISARRAY, THAT IT WAS POORLY LED, THAT THE WORKFORCE HAD LOST CONFIDENCE IN ITS LEADER. THOSE WERE LIES, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. COMEY DESCRIBED AN UNEASY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PRESIDENT, WHOSE COMMENTS AND REQUESTS SO DISTURBED HIM THAT HE FELT COMPELLED TO RECORD EVERY DETAIL. AND THE NATURE OF THE PERSON ` I WAS HONESTLY CONCERNED THAT HE MIGHT LIE ABOUT THE NATURE OF OUR MEETING, AND SO I THOUGHT IT REALLY IMPORTANT TO DOCUMENT. COMEY'S MOST SERIOUS ALLEGATION ` THAT TRUMP REQUESTED HE DROP THE INVESTIGATION INTO FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR GENERAL FLYNN, BUT HE WOULDN'T BE DRAWN ON WHETHER IT AMOUNTED TO AN OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. I DON'T THINK IT'S FOR ME TO SAY WHETHER THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH THE PRESIDENT WAS AN EFFORT TO OBSTRUCT. I TOOK IT AS A VERY DISTURBING THING. ANOTHER STUNNING REVELATION FROM THE FORMER FBI DIRECTOR ` ADMITTING ORCHESTRATING ONE OF THE LEAKS THAT HAVE SO DOGGED THIS WHITE HOUSE. I ASKED A FRIEND OF MINE TO SHARE THE CONTENT OF THE MEMO WITH A REPORTER. I ASKED HIM TO BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT PROMPT THE APPOINTMENT OF A SPECIAL COUNSEL. IT DID, AND COMEY INSISTS THAT HE CAREFULLY CRAFTED THOSE MEMOS SO THEY DIDN'T CONTAIN ANY CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, SO IF OR WHEN THE TIME CAME, HE COULD LEGALLY RELEASE THEM TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LAWYERS FIRED BACK, DENYING EVERYTHING. THE PRESIDENT NEVER SUGGESTED THAT MR COMEY 'LET FLYNN GO.' THE PRESIDENT ALSO NEVER TOLD MR COMEY, 'I NEED LOYALTY, I EXPECT LOYALTY.' THE HOUSE SPEAKER HAD A DIFFERENT EXPLANATION. THE PRESIDENT'S NEW AT THIS. HE'S NEW TO GOVERNMENT, AND SO HE PROBABLY WASN'T STEEPED IN THE LONG-RUNNING PROTOCOLS. BUT THERE IS A WAY TO CLEAN UP THIS MESS. JAMES COMEY'S CALLING THE PRESIDENT'S BLUFF TO RELEASE THE TAPES HE THREATENED HE HAD OF THEIR CONVERSATIONS,... I'VE SEEN THE TWEET ABOUT TAPES. LORDY, I HOPE THERE ARE TAPES. ...BECAUSE BOTH MEN CAN'T BE TELLING THE TRUTH. REBECCA WRIGHT, 1 NEWS, NEW YORK. PRESIDENT TRUMP WATCHED MOST OF THE DRAMA UNFOLDING FROM HIS PRIVATE DINING ROOM IN THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT BEFORE THE END, HE APPEARED AT A CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN FUNCTION, TELLING HIS SUPPORTERS THEIR WORLD VIEW WAS IN PERIL. WE'RE UNDER SIEGE, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? BUT WE WILL COME OUT BIGGER AND BETTER AND STRONGER THAT EVER, YOU WATCH. DONALD TRUMP RALLIED AGAINST THE DEMOCRATS FOR BLOCKING HIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND, BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE, IGNORED QUESTIONS ABOUT JAMES COMEY. A COW QUOTA IS A KEY PART OF LABOUR'S ELECTION POLICY TO CLEAN UP OUR WATERWAYS. LABOUR SAYS IT'D LOOK AT BANNING MORE INTENSIVE LIVESTOCK FARMING, BUT FARMERS ARGUE IT'S THE WRONG APPROACH. RYAN BOSWELL REPORTS. FARMING IS THE BACKBONE OF OUR ECONOMY, BUT CRITICS SAY SOME FARM PRACTICES ARE KILLING OUR WATERWAYS. 60% OF MONITORED RIVERS, LAKES AND BEACHES ARE NO LONGER SAFE TO SWIM IN. SO LABOUR WANTS A COW QUOTA. WE NEED A RULE IN ALL PLANS SAYING INCREASES IN LIVE STOCK INTENSITY WE NEED A RULE IN ALL PLANS SAYING INCREASES IN LIVESTOCK INTENSITY IS NO LONGER A PERMITTED ACTIVITY. LABOUR HAS A 12-POINT PLAN FOR FRESH WATER. WE'RE SAYING THAT WE'LL GIVE A BUDGET TO THE MINISTRY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT OR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AUTHORITY TO PROSECUTE THE ERRANT FARMERS AND TO RECOVER THE COST OF THAT FROM THE REGIONAL COUNCILS BECAUSE THE REGIONAL COUNCILS SHOULD BE DOING IT BUT THEY'RE NOT. FEDERATED FARMERS SAY,... RULES AND REGULATIONS IS A REALLY LAZY WAY OF ACHIEVING ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES. CHRIS ALLEN ARGUES FARMERS ALREADY WORK WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES TO CLEAN UP WATERWAYS. IF WE START PUTTING CAPS ON LIVESTOCK, ARE WE GOING TO PUT CAPS ON OUR HUMAN POPULATION? AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE IN A SPACE TO DO THAT. MAJOR TOURISM, SCIENCE, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANISATIONS HAVE THEIR OWN WATER QUALITY PLAN. WE NEED TO WITHDRAW ALL PUBLIC SUBSIDIES ON IRRIGATION SCHEMES AS THEY INCREASE THE PRESSURE ON OUR WATERWAYS. EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE GOVERNMENT PROMISED THAT 90% OF OUR RIVERS AND LAKES WILL BE CLEAN ENOUGH TO SWIM IN BY 2040, WITH FARMERS EXPECTED TO PUT UP 56,000KM OF FENCING. A LOT OF REGIONAL COUNCILS AND FARMING COMMUNITIES A LOT OF REGIONAL COUNCILS AND FARMING COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN GRAPPLING WITH THIS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS TRYING TO WORK OUT WHERE ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE AREAS FOR FARMING, DEVISING THEIR SYSTEMS FOR CHANGING THEIR MANAGEMENT SO I THINK THERE'S SOME REAL PROGRESS GOING ON. I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE COWS IN NEW ZEALAND. LABOUR SEES HORTICULTURE TAKING OVER AGRICULTURE AS THE COURSE TO CLEANER WATER. RYAN BOSWELL, 1 NEWS. CONVICTED MURDERER AND PAEDOPHILE PHILLIP JOHN SMITH HAS BEEN AWARDED A $3500 TAXPAYER PAYOUT. SMITH SUCCESSFULLY ARGUED THAT THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT BREACHED HIS HUMAN RIGHTS AFTER PREVENTING HIM WEARING HIS TOUPEE IN PRISON. A TOUPEE WAS A MAJOR PART OF SMITH'S DISGUISE WHEN HE ESCAPED TO BRAZIL THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO. THE PAYOUT COVERS SMITH'S LEGAL COSTS. ALL THE FARMED OYSTERS IN A BAY OFF STEWART ISLAND ARE GOING TO BE PULLED FROM THE WATER AFTER A PARASITE WAS FOUND THERE A FORTNIGHT AGO. WHILE ONLY TWO FARMS ARE INFECTED, ALL 14 FARMS IN BIG GLORY BAY HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO REMOVE THEIR OYSTERS TO PREVENT THE BONAMIA PARASITE SPREADING TO THE WILD BLUFF OYSTER POPULATION. IT'S A MOVE LIKELY TO COST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LOST PRODUCTION. WE ARE VERY MINDFUL THIS IS IMPACTING ON PEOPLE'S LIVES, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT FOR WHAT'S BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION FOR THEM TO HEAR. OYSTER FARMS IN MARLBOROUGH, WHERE THE PARASITE WAS FOUND IN 2015, HAVE ALSO BEEN ORDERED TO PULL THEIR OYSTERS FROM THE WATER. THE NUMBER OF FOREIGN TRUSTS HAS DRAMATICALLY DROPPED SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW RULES FORCING THEM TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT. THE LAW CHANGED IN FEBRUARY AFTER CONCERNS RAISED IN THE LEAKED PANAMA PAPERS. SOME SAY IT SHOWS NEW ZEALAND WAS ACTING AS A TAX HAVEN. JESSICA MUTCH HAS THIS EXCLUSIVE STORY. SHINING THE LIGHT ON FOREIGN TRUSTS HAS TURNED MANY OFF NEW ZEALAND. IT'S A SURPRISINGLY BIG DROP ACTUALLY. THE INDUSTRY HAD TOLD US THAT MOST OF THEM WERE LEGITIMATE USERS AND FEWER THAN 1% HAVE RE-REGISTERED. LAST YEAR, THERE WERE NEARLY 12,000 FOREIGN TRUSTS. SINCE THE RULES CHANGED IN FEBRUARY, ONLY 66 HAVE REREGISTERED. THE DEADLINE IS THE END OF THE MONTH. BUT MORE THAN 1800 HAVE ALREADY SAID THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED AND DE-REGISTERED. THE GREENS SAYS IT SHOWS WE WERE A SOFT TOUCH TO HIDE FOREIGN MONEY. WE ALWAYS SUSPECTED THAT THERE WAS A REASONABLE SCALE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OR TAX AVOIDANCE. WHEN I SAW THIS, IT JUST SHOWS JUST HOW BIG THAT SCALE MUST HAVE BEEN. QUESTIONS WERE RAISED IN THE PANAMA PAPERS IN APRIL LAST YEAR, AND REPORTED BY 1 NEWS, RADIO NEW ZEALAND AND NICKY HAGER. NEW ZEALAND IS NOT A TAX HAVEN. THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER DITCHED HIS RELAXED ATTITUDE A WEEK LATER, ANNOUNCING AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION. WE'RE OPEN TO CONSIDERING CHANGES TO THE DISCLOSURE RULES. THE REPORT FOUND FOREIGN TRUSTS NEEDED TO BE MORE OPEN WITH INLAND REVENUE, AND THAT BECAME LAW THREE MONTHS AGO. THE OLD RULES PROVIDED A SECRECY VEHICLE FOR ANY USE, LEGITIMATE USE OR ILLEGITIMATE USE, ESSENTIALLY AN INVISIBILITY CLOAK FOR CRIMINALS. SO PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE NEW RULES, THEY LIKED THE OLD RULES. DOES IT SHOW THAT NEW ZEALAND WAS A TAX HAVEN? I THINK THE SCALE OF THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY DEMONSTRATES THAT, YES, WE WERE BEING USED AS A TAX HAVEN, IF NOT IN NAME THEN CERTAINLY IN PRACTICE. THE REVENUE MINISTER JUDITH COLLINS TOLD 1 NEWS SHE'S NOT SURPRISED ABOUT THE DROP IN NUMBERS. SHE SAYS PEOPLE WHO USE FOREIGN TRUSTS HAVE VOICED CONCERNS ABOUT THE LACK OF PRIVACY AND INCREASED COMPLIANCE COSTS. THOSE CONCERNS NOW SENDING A $20M A YEAR INDUSTRY OFFSHORE. JESSICA MUTCH, 1 NEWS. A TARANAKI VILLAGE WHICH SUFFERED GRAVE INJUSTICE AT THE HANDS OF GOVERNMENT TROOPS MORE THAN 130 YEARS AGO HAS RECEIVED AN HISTORIC APOLOGY. THE PEOPLE OF PARIHAKA WERE INVADED, IMPRISONED AND DRIVEN OFF THEIR LAND. MAORI AFFAIRS REPORTER YVONNE TAHANA SAYS TODAY'S APOLOGY AND RECONCILIATION PACKAGE SIGNAL A NEW BEGINNING. AN ECHO OF THE DRUMS OF WAR THAT SOUNDED FOR THE PEOPLE OF PARIHAKA 135 YEARS AGO. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CROWN COMING TO TARANAKI TO APOLOGISE FOR THE SACKING OF THE VILLAGE IN 1881. THE GRIEF IS STILL FELT HERE. DEEP SEATED FEELINGS OF DESPAIR SOMETIMES ANGER, DEEP-SEATED FEELINGS OF DESPAIR SOMETIMES ANGER, SOMETIMES SADNESS AND LOSS THOSE BAD THINGS HAPPENED TO OUR GRANDPARENTS, OUR GREAT-GRANDPARENTS. ARMED CONSTABULARY INVADED PARIHAKA, WHERE LEADERS TE WHITI O RONGOMAI AND TOHUKAKAHI LED A NONVIOLENT MOVEMENT AGAINST GOVERNMENT SURVEYORS AND SETTLERS. TROOPS ARRESTED 1500 PEOPLE, FORCIBLY REMOVING THEM AND IMPRISONING SOME. BUT TODAY DESCENDANTS OF THOSE COLONIAL MILITIAMEN WERE WELCOME TOO LIKE ANDREW CALLANDER, WHOSE GREAT-GRANDFATHER SERVED HERE. FOR QUITE A BIT OF TODAY, I'VE JUST BEEN WONDERING WHAT WAS GOING ON IN HIS MIND AND WHAT DID HE DO OR MAYBE NOT DO. EMOTIONS STILL RUN SO DEEP HERE ABOUT THE INVASION. EMOTIONS STILL RUN SO DEEP HERE ABOUT THE INVASION. ONE POI PERFORMANCE, WHICH SPEAKS ABOUT THE RAPE OF PARIHAKA WOMEN, DEEMED SO SENSITIVE MEDIA WERE NOT ALLOWED TO FILM. THE CROWN NOW OFFERS THE FOLLOWING APOLOGY. THE CROWN NOW OFFERS THE FOLLOWING APOLOGY. THE CROWN TOOK THE RICH LANDS OF TARANAKI AND LEFT ITS PEOPLE IMPOVERISHED DEMONISED AND VILIFIED. THE TWO GROUPS HAVE SIGNED A DEED OF RECOGNITION AND THE VILLAGE, WHICH NOW HAS A POPULATION OF AROUND 100, IS SET TO RECEIVE $9M FOR STORMWATER AND POWER PROJECTS, I THINK IT'S A HUGELY IMPORTANT AND CATHARTIC THING. IT'S ABOUT ACKNOWLEDGING THE PAST BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S ABOUT ACKNOWLEDGING THE PAST BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, ACKNOWLEDGING HOW WE RELATE AND CONNECT TO ONE ANOTHER AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH POSITIVITY AND OPTIMISM. A PROUD DAY UNDER THE MOUNTAIN FOR A PEOPLE NOW SET FREE FROM THE PAST. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ON 1 NEWS ` THE TOWN WHERE YOU WON'T SEE ANY WOMEN. A RARE GLIMPSE OF LIFE INSIDE TALIBAN TERRITORY, WHERE IT'S ONLY BOYS WHO GET AN EDUCATION, BUT WHO'S PAYING FOR IT? AND THE MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR VICTIMS OF TERROR THAT WASN'T HONOURED. A SAUDI ARABIAN SOCCER TEAM CAUSES OUTRAGE ACROSS THE TASMAN FOR APPEARING TO IGNORE THE TRIBUTE. PLUS, AFTER A WEEK OF UPS AND DOWNS, TEAM NEW ZEALAND SAIL INTO THE CHALLENGER FINAL OF THE AMERICA'S CUP. BUT WHO WILL THEIR OPPONENT BE? SECURITY FOOTAGE HAS BEEN RELEASED SHOWING THE MOMENT ISIS ATTACKERS INVADED THE IRANIAN PARLIAMENT'S VISITOR HALL AND OPENED FIRE. 13 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE TWIN ATTACKS ON PARLIAMENT AND THE BURIAL SITE OF RELIGIOUS LEADER AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI. AUTHORITIES SAY THE ATTACKERS DRESSED AS WOMEN BURST THROUGH PARLIAMENT'S MAIN ENTRANCE. ISIS HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE UNPRECEDENTED FIVE-HOUR ASSAULT. A UNITED NATIONS REQUEST TO OUR GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND TO ALLEGATIONS OF WAR CRIMES IS BASED ON FACTUAL INACCURACIES, ACCORDING TO FOREIGN MINISTER GERRY BROWNLEE. THE AUTHORS OF THE BOOK 'HIT AND RUN' ALLEGE NEW ZEALAND SAS FORCES WERE INVOLVED IN RAIDS IN AFGHANISTAN IN 2010, RESULTING IN THE DEATH OR INJURY OF 21 CIVILIANS. THE GOVERNMENT RULED OUT ANY INVESTIGATION TWO MONTHS AGO, SAYING A COALITION FORCES REPORT HAD CLEARED NEW ZEALAND MILITARY PERSONNEL OF ANY WRONGDOING. SINCE THE WITHDRAWAL OF BRITISH TROOPS FROM AFGHANISTAN NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO, MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY HAVE FALLEN BACK INTO TALIBAN HANDS. THE BBC'S AULIYA ATRAFI HAS BEEN GIVEN RARE ENTRY TO THE TALIBAN CAPITAL OF MUSA QALA AND SENT THIS REPORT. THE TALIBAN CAPITAL OF MUSA QALA AND SENT THIS REPORT. WE JUST ENTERED TALIBAN TERRITORY. WE DIDN'T HAVE TO TRAVEL FAR; ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS GET OFF THE MAIN ROAD AND WE WERE IN. WE PASSED THROUGH SANGUIN, WHERE SO MANY BRITISH SOLDIERS FOUGHT AND DIED. WE ARE HEADING FOR MUSA QALA, OUR TALIBAN MINDER ALWAYS WITH US. THE BUSTLING MARKET LOOKS LIKE ANY IN AFGHANISTAN, BUT THERE ARE SOME TELL-TALE SIGNS WE ARE IN TALIBAN TERRITORY. THE MEN ARE ALL WEARING TRADITIONAL CLOTHES; THEIR BEARDS GROWN LONG. THE WOMEN ARE NOWHERE TO BE SEEN. WE LEAVE THE MARKET AND HEAD FOR THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S RELIGIOUS STUDIES, AND ONLY BOYS GET AN EDUCATION. IT'S RELIGIOUS STUDIES, AND ONLY BOYS GET AN EDUCATION. OUR TALIBAN MINDER INSISTS THERE ARE OTHER LESSONS AND THAT GIRLS CAN GO TO SCHOOL ` JUST NOT HERE. AND THAT GIRLS CAN GO TO SCHOOL ` JUST NOT HERE. THE TALIBAN USED TO BURN SCHOOLS DOWN. NOW THEY ARE RUNNING THEM, FUNDED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT. TRANSLATOR: THE GOVERNMENT AND INSPECTORS DO THEIR SUPERVISION. THE TALIBAN DO NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THEM. (CHILDREN CHATTER) IT IS NOT JUST SCHOOLS THAT THE TALIBAN ARE RUNNING. THIS IS THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. IT IS ALSO FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT BUT LACKS SUPPLIES. THE NEXT DAY WE MEET THE TALIBAN'S SPOKESMAN. THEY REMAIN A DEEPLY CONTROVERSIAL ORGANIZATION IN AFGHANISTAN, RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY DEATHS. BUT THEY CLAIM THEIR APPROACH TO GOVERNANCE HAS CHANGED. TRANSLATOR: THE TALIBAN HAS SEPARATE COMMITTEES FOR EDUCATION, HEALTH AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. WE DON'T ONLY HAVE MILITARY SET-UPS BUT ALSO ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS. THE TALIBAN HAVE CAPTURED HUGE TERRITORIES IN HELMAND, AND NOW THEY HAVE TO GOVERN THEM. THE NEXT CHALLENGE IS HOW MUCH THEY WILL JOIN THE MODERN WORLD... AND HOW MUCH THEY WILL REJECT IT. TALIBAN MINDERS RESTRICTED WHAT THE BBC COULD FILM FOR THEIR REPORT, INCLUDING ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE OPIUM TRADE, WHICH IS SYNONYMOUS WITH THE REGION. THERE'S BEEN WIDESPREAD OUTRAGE ACROSS THE TASMAN AFTER SAUDI ARABIA'S NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM APPEARED TO SNUB A MOMENT'S SILENCE ACKNOWLEDGING AUSTRALIA'S VICTIMS IN THE LONDON TERROR ATTACK. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. A MOMENT MEANT FOR REFLECTION AND RESPECT. WE STOP TO REMEMBER ALL THE LIVES LOST ALL THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AFFECTED BY THIS TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. BUT AS THE SOCCEROOS LINED UP TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF LAST WEEK'S TERROR ATTACK IN LONDON, THEIR SAUDI ARABIAN OPPOSITION STOOD IN PLAYING FORMATION, SOME REPORTEDLY CONTINUING TO WARM UP. THEY'VE INSULTED AUSTRALIA, THEY'VE INSULTED AUSTRALIANS, THEY'VE INSULTED THE BRITISH VICTIMS AS WELL. TWO AUSTRALIANS WERE KILLED IN THE LONDON ATTACK, INCLUDING SOUTH AUSTRALIAN NURSE KIRSTY BODEN. AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL BOSSES SAY THE TEAMS HAD BEEN BRIEFED PRIOR TO THE GAME. THE SAUDIS WARNED THEIR PLAYERS WOULDN'T STAND TOGETHER BECAUSE 'IT WAS NOT IN KEEPING WITH THEIR CULTURE.' THERE'S NO EXCUSE HERE. THIS ISN'T ABOUT CULTURE; THIS IS ABOUT A LACK OF RESPECT AND I THOUGHT IT WAS DISGRACEFUL. LAST YEAR, A SAUDI CLUB TEAM PAUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE BRAZILIAN FOOTBALLERS KILLED IN A PLANE CRASH. THE REACTION HAS BEEN SWIFT AND SCATHING HERE IN AUSTRALIA, AND THIS MORNING THE SAUDI ARABIA FOOTBALL FEDERATION ISSUED AN UNRESERVED APOLOGY SAYING IT DEEPLY REGRETS ANY OFFENCE. THE SOCCEROOS TREATED THE SITUATION DELICATELY TODAY. WHAT THEY DID, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DID IT AND OBSERVED IT PROPERLY. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS WHILE HE HASN'T SEEN THE INCIDENT, IT HAS BEEN RAISED WITH HIM. EVERYONE SHOULD BE UNITED IN CONDEMNATION OF THE TERRORISTS AND LOVE AND SYMPATHY AND RESPECT FOR THE VICTIMS. AUSTRALIA TODAY SEEMINGLY UNITED IN OUTRAGE AS WELL. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, 1 NEWS. WEATHER TIME NOW. DAN IS HERE, AND ANOTHER CHILLY START BUT A FINE DAY. MORE TO COME FOR THE WEEKEND? There is one little fly in the out moment of sorts for tonight and tomorrow morning. A new front is coming into a picture, that brings wetter weather. LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES OVER THE sOUTH iSLAND. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ STILL TO COME ` A CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION. SEVEN MONTHS AFTER THE QUAKE, THE TRAIN MAKES IT THROUGH TO KAIKOURA AFTER A HUGE REPAIR JOB. AND THEY HAVE A NEED FOR SPEED, THE TRAINING CAMP FOR RALLY DRIVERS AND THEY HAVE A NEED FOR SPEED, THE TRAINING CAMP FOR RALLY DRIVERS AND THE SEARCH TO FIND NEW ZEALAND'S NEXT PROFESSIONAL CO-DRIVER. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` IN BRITAIN THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY IS HEADING FOR A NARROW VICTORY IN THE GENERAL ELECTION, BUT IT MAY COST PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY HER JOB, LABOUR MAKING A MUCH STRONGER SHOWING THAN MANY PUNDITS PICKED, AND THAT MEANS A HUNG PARLIAMENT. THE MAN WHO KILLED CHRISTCHURCH TODDLER IHAKA STOKES HAS BEEN JAILED FOR A MINIMUM OF 17 YEARS. TROY KEVIN TAYLOR, WHO WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER IN MARCH, HUNG HIS HEAD IN THE DOCK AS HE LISTENED TO THE CHILDS FAMILY TALK OF THE DISTRESS IHAKA'S VIOLENT DEATH HAS CAUSED THEM. LISA DAVIES HAS THE STORY. CONVICTED TODDLER KILLER, TROY KEVIN TAYLOR. THE 24-YEAR-OLD, WHO STILL MAINTAINS HIS INNOCENCE, WAS FORCED TO LISTEN TO HARROWING ACCOUNTS FROM HIS VULNERABLE 15-MONTH-OLD VICTIM'S FAMILY TODAY. EVERY DAY I TRY TO BE STRONG FOR MY FAMILY, BUT IT'S SO HARD. AND I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO GRIEVE. NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TODAY, NOTHING WILL BRING IHAKA BACK. HE INFLICTED 59 INJURIES ON THE CHILD OVER TWO NIGHTS AND THEN TRIED TO BLAME THE BOY'S MOTHER MIKALA STOKES FOR THE CRIME. THE CROWN DESCRIBED THE VIOLENT ATTACK AS A GROSS BREACH OF TRUST. THERE WAS NEVER ANY SUGGESTION OF AN INTENTIONAL KILLING. IT WAS A MOMENTARY LOSS OF TEMPER. THE JUDGE MADE SPECIAL MENTION OF THE LENIENCY THE FAMILY OF BABY IHAKA SHOWED TO HIS KILLER. THE GRANDMOTHER SAID TO TROY TAYLOR, 'HE LOVED YOU, YOU KNOW,' AND AS THE SENTENCE WAS HANDED DOWN THEY SHOUTED OUT, 'OH NO.' I HOPE THAT TROY IS ABLE TO GET THE MEDICAL HELP THAT HE NEEDS FOR HIS CONCUSSIONS AND CONTINUING MIGRAINES AND MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH HIM. DESPITE THE LENIENCY OF THE FAMILY, THE JUDGE IMPOSED A 17-YEAR MINIMUM NON-PAROLE PERIOD. THE VIOLENT HOMICIDE OF BABIES AND YOUNG CHILDREN BY THOSE THAT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR CARE HAS BEEN FOR MANY YEARS NOW, A GROWING AND GRAVE CONCERN TO THE COMMUNITY, AND DENUNCIATION AND DETERRENCE ARE AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION. IHAKA STOKES' FAMILY NOW LEFT WITH ONLY MEMORIES OF HIM. IF TEARS WERE STAIRS I'D BUILD A STAIRCASE TO HEAVEN AND BRING YOU HOME AGAIN. TAYLOR WILL BE AT LEAST 41 YEARS OLD BEFORE HE'S CONSIDERED FOR RELEASE. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. POLICE HAVE ARRESTED SIX MORE PEOPLE OVER THE DEATH OF A 19-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS FOUND IN STADIUM SOUTHLAND'S CAR PARK IN INVERCARGILL ON WEDNESDAY. ONE MAN APPEARED IN COURT YESTERDAY CHARGED WITH MURDER. THE SIX OTHERS ` THREE MEN AND THREE WOMEN ` ARE AGED BETWEEN 18 AND 23. POLICE SAY ALL WERE KNOWN TO THE VICTIM. A MILESTONE FOR KAIKOURA'S RECOVERY TODAY, WITH THE FIRST TRAIN MAKING IT ALL THE WAY FROM CHRISTCHURCH SINCE NOVEMBER. THE RAILWAY LINE WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED IN LAST YEAR'S QUAKE, AND WORKERS AT THE NEW TEMPORARY VILLAGE MADE IT A DAY TO CELEBRATE. ALI PUGH JOINED THEM. IT'S A SIGHT THAT'S BEEN MISSING FROM KAIKOURA FOR SEVEN MONTHS ` SO MOMENTOUS, IT BROUGHT DOZENS OF REBUILD WORKERS TOGETHER AT THE VILLAGE TO CHEER IN THE FIRST POST-QUAKE TRAIN. (APPLAUSE, CHEERING) HERE IT IS! IT'S A BIT OF A MILESTONE FOR THE PROJECT, IN THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE RAIL CONNECTED BETWEEN KAIKOURA AND CHRISTCHURCH TODAY. WITH THE LINES SHAKEN RIGHT OFF THE COASTLINE IN THE NOVEMBER QUAKES, IT'S BEEN A MISSION OF MAMMOTH PROPORTIONS TO GET THE TRACKS IN ONE PIECE. LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY DRIVE A TRAIN FROM CHRISTCHURCH ALL THE WAY TO KAIKOURA TODAY. LOCALS TOO CAME OUT TO WELCOME HER IN. IT'S THE FIRST BIG TRAIN. LOOK AT THIS PART. OHHH MAN. SOMEBODY CAME IN AND SAID, 'FIRST TRAIN COMING IN!' SO, YEAH, I THOUGHT, 'RIGHT, WE'LL GO AND HAVE A LOOK.' THE JOURNEY WAS A LONG ONE, TRAVELLING AT 10KM/H TO EASE IN THE NEW TRACKS. AND WHILE IT'S CERTAINLY SLOW GOING FOR THE TRAIN ON ITS MAIDEN TRIP, IT'S SET TO BECOME AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE RECOVERY WORK NORTH OF KAIKOURA. ON THIS TRIP, IT'S DELIVERING MUCH-NEEDED RAIL AND SLEEPERS TO REPLACE THE DAMAGED TRACKS. AND THE 30KM YET TO FIX IS TO BE A TOUGH ROAD TOO. THAT'S THE HARDEST BIT. THAT'S THE BIG WHERE WE HAVE THE BIGGEST SLIPS AND WE HAVE THE BIGGEST TUNNEL CHALLENGES. THIS MILESTONE, THOUGH, IS ALSO A BOOST FOR MORALE. THE EXCITEMENT WITH HAVING THE TRAIN BACK IN TOWN, IT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO, YEAH, NICE TO HEAR THE HORN. AND, OOP, SHE'S UNDERWAY NOW. THE WHEELS IN MOTION FOR THIS RAILWAY LINE TO BE A LIFELINE ONCE AGAIN. ALI PUGH, 1 NEWS. ARTEMIS OR DEAN BARKER'S JAPAN? BARKER IS HOPING HISTORY DOESN'T REPEAT ITSELF AFTER DROPPING ALL THREE RACES THIS MORNING. JOHN MCKENZIE HAS A FULL AM CUP WRAP NEXT. IT'S A CASE OF HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF FOR KIWI POLE VAULTER ELIZA MCCARTNEY, CONTINUING HER BRILLIANT OLYMPIC FORM IN THE DIAMOND LEAGUE. THE LIONS AREN'T THE ONLY INTERNATIONAL TEST SERIES IN TOWN; THE BLACK FERNS TAKE ON CANADA IN THE CAPITAL. RECKON YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO COULD TELL KIWI RALLY DRIVER HAYDEN PADDON WHERE TO GO? THE LATEST KIWI TALENT SEARCH IS ON ` DETAILS NEXT. KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. TWO WINS, A DAY OFF AND NOW ONE STEP CLOSER FOR TEAM NEW ZEALAND TO BRING THE AULD MUG BACK TO OUR SHORES. PETER BURLING AND CO RECOVERED FROM WEDNESDAY'S SHOCKER TO WIN TWO OF THREE RACES AGAINST BEN AINSLIE RACING THIS MORNING TO ADVANCE TO THE CHALLENGER FINAL. JOHN MCKENZIE REPORTS. JUST TWO DAYS AFTER HANGING UPSIDE DOWN IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC, THINGS LOOKED TO BE GOING REASONABLY WELL FOR TEAM NEW ZEALAND AS THEY FINALLY GOT BACK OUT ON TO THE WATER. AFTER INITIALLY TRAILING TEAM B.A.R. BY AS MUCH AS 26 SECONDS IN THIS MORNING'S FIRST RACE, BURLING HAD NO ISSUE PLAYING CATCH-UP, TAKING A COMMANDING 4-1 SERIES LEAD. THEY'RE ONE RACE WIN AWAY. THINGS WEREN'T SO FLASH, THOUGH, IN THE SECOND, WITH MEMORIES OF WEDNESDAY QUICKLY FLOODING BACK. AND THE KIWIS ARE LOOKING A LITTLE UNSTABLE. NOW, WHAT'S GOIN' ON THERE? YEAH, WELL, IT'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND FOR A LONG TIME NOW. WHILE THE KIWIS DID MANAGE TO STABILISE THEIR BOAT, THE BRITS CLAIMED RACE TWO. THE BRITISH CHALLENGE IS STILL ALIVE. WITH PRESSURE MOUNTING, TEAM NEW ZEALAND RESPONDED. THE FIRST QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED. A BLISTERING START WAS HELD ON TO AS THE KIWIS MOVED THROUGH TO THE CHALLENGER'S FINAL. AND FOR BRITAIN, THE QUEST IS OVER. THIS IS DEFINITELY A LITTLE ROAD ON THE WAY TO OUR END GOAL. WE'RE DEFINITELY HERE TO TRY WIN THE NEXT SERIES AND THEN TO TRY BRING THE CUP BACK TO NEW ZEALAND. JUST WHO THEY'LL FACE NEXT REMAINS UP IN THE AIR. TEAM JAPAN IS LUCKY TO STILL HAVE A BOAT AFTER THIS NEAR MISS WITH SWEDEN'S ARTEMIS,... WHOA! (YELLS INDISTINCTLY) ...ALTHOUGH NOT LUCKY TO NOW TRAIL 4-3 IN THE RACE TO FIVE AFTER LOSING ALL THREE RACES TODAY. FROM 3-1 TO 3-4 IS A BIG COMEBACK. FOR A MOMENT, YOUR MIND WENT TO SAN FRANCISCO, TO THE OTHER BIG COMEBACK? YEAH, THANKS (!) NO, NO, IT DIDN'T. (CHUCKLING) WHILE A LOSS TOMORROW MIGHT NOT BE AS BAD AS THAT ONE IN SAN FRANCISCO, BARKER WILL NO DOUBT BE HOPING HE CAN REVERSE THE TREND IF HE'S ANY HOPE OF EXTRACTING SOME REVENGE ON THE TEAM THAT DROPPED HIM JUST TWO YEARS AGO. JOHN MCKENZIE, 1 NEWS. IT'S A CASE OF DEJA VU FOR KIWI POLE VAULTER ELIZA MCCARTNEY. THE OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALLIST (20) HAS MADE A POSITIVE START TO HER DIAMOND LEAGUE CAMPAIGN IN ROME. IN A REPEAT OF THE 2016 OLYMPICS, RIO CHAMPION EKATERINI STEFANIDI CLEARED 4.85M TO FINISH FIRST, WITH MCCARTNEY'S 4.75 JUMP ON HER FINAL ATTEMPT AT THE HEIGHT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THIRD. THE OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALLIST. (SQUEALS) OH! OH! (MAN LAUGHS GLEEFULLY) IT STAYED UP, AND SHE GAVE IT SUCH A CLATTER! MCCARTNEY HAS THREE MORE DIAMOND LEAGUE EVENTS TO COMPETE IN AHEAD OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN LONDON IN AUGUST. WHILE TWO OUTSIDE BACKS SCORED HAT-TRICKS AGAINST IRELAND, IT'S A WELLINGTON HOOKER WHO'S THE TALK OF THE UNDER-20 RUGBY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN GEORGIA. ASAFO AUMUA WOULD HAVE IMPRESSED HIS IDOL DANE COLES WITH THIS BARNSTORMING RUN FOR NEW ZEALAND AGAINST THE IRISH, WHICH LED TO ONE OF THEIR 11 TRIES. ENARI! (WHISTLE TRILLS) AND THEN LOOK AT THIS. ASAFO AUMUA, HE JUST BRUSHES OFF THE ATTENTION OF JOHN FOLEY, GETS THE HAND OFF ON FITZGERALD, AND EREATARA ENARI ` LOOK AT THE ANGLE OF SUPPORT ON THE INSIDE HERE. BOOM ` THE OFF LOAD, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST NEW ZEALAND TRIES WE'VE SEEN THIS AFTERNOON. DESPITE HAVING BOTH LOCKS IN THE SIN BIN AT THE SAME TIME, THE BABY BLACKS WON 69-3, WITH WINGER CALEB CLARKE AND FULL BACK WILL JORDAN BOTH GRABBING HAT-TRICKS. THE WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL RUGBY SEASON HAS KICKED OFF IN THE CAPITAL TONIGHT WITH THE BLACK FERNS FACING CANADA IN THEIR OPENING MATCH OF THE FOUR NATION SERIES. ...TO WINIATA, WHO LOVES BROKEN PLAY. PUTS IN THE BOOT AND BOUNCES UP PERFECTLY! (CHEERING) MAGIC WINIATA. A SECOND-HALF DOUBLE FROM HALF BACK KENDRA COCKSEDGE HAS STRETCHED THE LEAD TO 28-11. THE LIONS ARE HOPING TO FINALLY WIN OVER THEIR FANS, AND THE NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC, AGAINST THE BEST OF THE SUPER RUGBY FRANCHISES, THE CRUSADERS, TOMORROW. WHILE THE YOUNGSTERS IN THE CHRISTCHURCH OUTFIT WANT TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION, THE LIONS ARE PUTTING OUT THEIR STRONGEST SIDE OF THE TOUR. MATT HALL-SMITH REPORTS. HE MAY NOT ADMIT THAT HE'S SHOWN HIS FULL HAND, BUT WARREN GATLAND'S SIDE TO FACE THE CRUSADERS IS CERTAINLY NEARING A FULL HOUSE. THE PAIRING OF CONNOR MURRAY AND OWEN FARRELL IN THE HALVES ALONG WITH KIWI SECOND FIVE BEN TE'O SHOWS THE LIONS INTENT AGAINST THE UNBEATEN CRUSADERS. WE ARE CONSCIOUS AS WELL THAT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP A FEW THINGS BACK AND PREPARE FOR AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE RIGHT FOR PARTICULARLY THAT FIRST TEST. THOSE TUCKED UP SECRETS MAY COME OUT TOMORROW AND WHILE MURRAY'S ON FOREIGN SOIL, HE ISN'T UNFAMILIAR WITH THE SEVEN TIME CHAMPIONS. I'VE WATCHED SUPER RUGBY FROM AN EARLY AGE AND I KNOW ALL ABOUT THE CRUSADERS. I KNOW HOW GOOD THEY ARE, HOW GOOD THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THE GAME COMING UP AS WELL AND I'M FULLY AWARE OF THE TALENT THEY POSSESS. SO HE'S BEEN KEEPING UP WITH THE PLAY ON HIS OPPOSITION, BUT THE SAME CAN'T BE SAID FOR WELSH MIDFIELDER JOHNATHAN DAVIES, WHO'S BEEN TALKING TO FORMER CRUSADERS PLAYERS IN HIS SCARLETS TEAM. JUST GOOD COFFEE SPOTS REALLY. OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE TIME DIFFERENCE IT'S ON QUITE EARLY AND THE KIWI BOYS IN OUR SCARLETS SQUAD TALK ABOUT IT. WHILE HIS KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL HANGOUTS MAY BE SPOT ON, DAVIES PROBABLY SHOULD BE GETTING UP EARLY TO SCRUB UP ON THE NEW MIDFIELD COMBO OF JACK GOODHUE AND DAVID HAVILI. I JUST REMEMBER LAST TIME DC SCORING IN THE CORNER. I WAS PROBABLY ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT, SO YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE GOOD. NOT MANY PEOPLE CAN SAY THAT THEY'VE PLAYED THE BRITISH AND IRISH LIONS. I'M JUST GONNA GO IN THERE, LOOK FORWARD TO IT. WE MIGHT TRY A FEW NEW THINGS AND JUST ENJOY THE OCCASION. AND AFTER A TESTY WEEK, AT LEAST GATLAND'S SHOWING A SENSE OF HUMOUR. I PROMISE NOT TO SWEAR THIS TIME. (LAUGHTER) A CHIRPY GATLAND SEEMINGLY EXCITED AFTER NAMING HIS STRONGEST MATCH DAY SIDE YET. MATT HALL-SMITH, 1NEWS. AS THE CRUSADERS AND LIONS GEAR UP FOR BATTLE, THE HIGHLANDERS ARE QUIETLY BUILDING FOR THEIR SHOT AT THE TOURISTS THREE DAYS LATER. WHILE ALL BLACK BEN SMITH HAS BEEN ON LIGHT DUTIES ONLY SINCE FAILING A CONCUSSION TEST ON SATURDAY, THE HIGHLANDERS HAVE FELLOW ALL BLACKS WAISAKE NAHOLO, LIAM SQUIRE AND LIMA SOPOAGA AVAILABLE ALONG WITH MALAKAI FEKITOA, WHO MISSED OUT ON ALL BLACKS SELECTION. YEAH, OF COURSE, HE'S BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED, AS YOU ALWAYS WOULD BE. IN FACT, YOU KNOW, OUR FEELING IS SOME AREAS OF THE GAME HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. AND THE HIGHLANDERS WILL BE WITHOUT THEIR FIVE MAORI ALL BLACKS ON TUESDAY ` PERHAPS ONE OF THE REASONS FOR OPTING OUT OF A PREMATCH HAKA. WE'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT IS ABOUT OUR PEOPLE IN THE HIGHLANDERS' REGION, IN THE SOUTHERN AREA ` THE HERITAGE OF THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE AROUND THIS REGION, AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT THAT'S ABOUT PREGAME ON TUESDAY. SO POSSIBLY A HAGGIS CEREMONY FOLLOWED BY A WEE DRAM OF WHISKY, MAYBE. ONE OTHER OMISSION IS COACH TONY BROWN, WHO'S JOINED UP WITH JAPAN FOR THE JUNE TEST WINDOW. BILLY SLATER HAS PRESSED HIS CLAIMS FOR A QUEENSLAND STATE OF ORIGIN RECALL AS MELBOURNE AVENGED ITS NRL GRAND-FINAL LOSS TO CRONULLA IN SYDNEY. THE SHARKS CAME FROM 12-0 DOWN TO HIT THE FRONT, BUT BEING CONSERVATIVE AND TAKING AN EARLY DROP GOAL PROVED A HUGE MISTAKE, AS SLATER POUNCED. HERE IS SLATER HANDING OUT TO KAUFUSI! OHHH! THROUGH A HUGE HOLE! THAT DOUBLE TO AUCKLAND-BORN FELISE KAUFUSI GOT THE STORM HOME 18-13 IN THE TOP-OF-THE-TABLE CLASH, WHICH SAW THEM MOVE FOUR POINTS CLEAR ON THE LADDER. HOW'S THIS FOR THE ULTIMATE BIRTHDAY BASH? JELENA OSTAPENKO AND TIMEA BACSINSZKY WERE BOTH CELEBRATING THEIR BIRTHDAYS WHEN THEY CLASHED IN THE SEMI-FINALS AT THE FRENCH OPEN IN PARIS TODAY, AND IT WAS THE FIERY, FEISTY AND FEARLESS LATVIAN, OSTAPENKO (20), PREVAILING IN THREE SETS OVER HER SWISS RIVAL, WHO WAS EIGHT YEARS OLDER. (SHOUTS) (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) THAT'LL DO IT. SO ON HER 20TH BIRTHDAY, JELENA OSTAPENKO GETS AN UNBELIEVABLE BIRTHDAY PRESENT. IF SHE CAN UPSET THE THIRD SEED, ROMANIAN SIMONA HALEP, SHE WILL BECOME THE FIRST UNSEEDED WOMEN'S CHAMPION AT ROLAND-GARROS IN 84 YEARS. THE UPSETS KEEP COMING IN CRICKET'S CHAMPIONS TROPHY, WITH SRI LANKA CHASING DOWN INDIA'S MASSIVE 321-RUN TOTAL IN LONDON OVERNIGHT. THE INDIANS COULDN'T HAVE DONE MUCH MORE WITH THE BAT IN THE FIRST INNINGS, SHIKHAR DHAWAN SMASHING HIS WAY TO 125.. DOES, AND HE'S SCOOPED THAT FOR SIX. (CROWD ROARS) WHAT A SHOT. FIRST SIX OF THE INNINGS FOR SHIKHAR DHAWAN. BUT IT WAS SOME OLD-SCHOOL SRI LANKAN MAGIC SETTING UP THE HIGHEST-EVER CHAMPIONS TROPHY CHASE. THE LIONS FINISHED THE JOB WITH MORE THAN AN OVER TO SPARE. THE BLACKCAPS WILL BE HOPING FOR SMILES LIKE THIS WHEN THEY TAKE ON BANGLADESH IN THEIR MUST-WIN MATCH TONIGHT. AS THE RALLY OF CORSICA GETS UNDERWAY TONIGHT, JOHN KENNARD WILL OFFICIALLY SIGN OFF AS HAYDEN PADDON'S CO-DRIVER. UNABLE TO CARRY ON TO RALLY FINLAND DUE TO A HIP INJURY, HE'LL BE HANDING OVER TO BRITAIN'S SEB MARSHALL. THAT'S HELPED PROMPT THE SEARCH TO FIND NEW ZEALAND'S NEXT PROFESSIONAL CO-DRIVER WITH A SPECIAL ACADEMY SET UP TO GROW YOUNG TALENT. STEPHEN STUART REPORTS. SHORT SIX LEFT PLUS INTO FIVE RIGHT PLUS. WHEN IT COMES TO TRAVELLING AT SPEEDS LIKE THIS, HAVING SOMEONE TO TELL YOU WHERE TO GO DEFINITELY COMES IN HANDY. (ENGINE REVS) IT'S SOMETHING 20-YEAR-OLD KIERAN ANSTIS PLANS ON TURNING INTO A FULL-TIME JOB WITH THE HELP OF NEW ZEALAND RALLY'S CO-DRIVERS ACADEMY,... IT REALLY IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY AND ONE THAT I'M INCREDIBLY EXCITED ABOUT. ...ONE OF SIX CHOSEN TO DEVELOP LOCAL TALENT TO COMPETE ON THE WORLD STAGE FOLLOWING THE LACK OF KIWIS ANYWHERE NEAR THE LEVEL TO REPLACE RETIRING JOHN KENNARD. YES, IT IS FRUSTRATING. HAYDEN HAS TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR HIS LEVEL OF COMPETITION, AND HE NEEDS THE BEST POSSIBLE PERSON IN THE CAR WITH HIM TO COMPETE, WHICH AT THE MOMENT JUST HAPPENS TO BE A BRIT. WE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO KEEP A FULL NEW ZEALAND TEAM IN THE CAR, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IT JUST WASN'T POSSIBLE AT THE MOMENT AT WRC LEVEL. SO THEY'RE ENLISTING THE HELP OF PROFESSIONAL CO-DRIVERS ALEX AND RHIANON GELSOMINO FOR A THREE-DAY TRAINING CAMP, GETTING THESE CO-DRIVERS THE EXPERIENCE THEY NEED FOR THE TOP TIER. I THINK THE INITIATIVE OF HAVING A CO-DRIVING SCHOOL IS GREAT. IT JUST HELPS BROADEN THE VIEW AND HELP PEOPLE DEVELOP THEMSELVES. BUT IT'S GETTING NEW ZEALAND BACK ON THE WRC CIRCUIT WHICH WOULD MEAN MORE THAN ANY KIND OF ACADEMY, AND RALLY NZ SAYS IT'S SOMETHING KIWIS COULD BE SEEING AS SOON AS NEXT YEAR. REALLY, THAT WILL PROBABLY BE MY FIRST WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT, AND TO DO IT, IN FAIRNESS, PROBABLY THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD WOULD BE AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY AND A GREAT START TO MY PROFESSIONAL RALLYING CAREER. POTENTIALLY DRIVING KIERAN ANSTIS AND CO TO THE WRC AND BEYOND. STEPHEN STUART, 1 NEWS. AND YOU CAN SEE LIVE COVERAGE OF STAGE 13 OF THE RALLY OF SARDINIA ON DUKE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 O'CLOCK TOMORROW MORNING. YOU'VE GOT SAM IN BERMUDA ALSO TONIGHT ` WE ALL KNOW AUCKLAND'S TRAFFIC IS CHAOS, BUT DID YOU ALSO KNOW IT'S A KILLER OF A PROBLEM? MAN: YOU'RE JUST STRAIGHT INTO JUST BUMPER-TO-BUMPER TRAFFIC. THIS GRIDLOCK IS COSTING LIVES. PLUS THE SECRET TO REMAINING RELEVANT AFTER MORE THAN 50 YEARS IN THE ART WORLD. SHE'S HIP AND COOL. MAN: SHE'S 86 YEARS OLD. 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MAYBE SOME BRIEF SNOW IN THE SOUTH. WESTERLY WILL PICK UP AGAIN. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ That is the weekend. It is not too bad. These chaps are happy. But keep those extra layers handy.