TONIGHT ` IT WAS MEANT TO SILENCE CRITICS AND SHOW POWER AHEAD OF BREXIT. IT DIDN'T WORK ` NOW THE UK IS FACING A HUNG PARLIAMENT AS THE TORIES LOSE THEIR MAJORITY. CHILD KILLER TROY KEVIN TAYLOR IS GIVEN A LONG STRETCH BEHIND BARS FOR KILLING TODDLER IHAKA STOKES. IT'S BEEN SO COMPELLING IT HAS EVEN HALTED DONALD TRUMP TWEETING ` SACKED FBI BOSS JAMES COMEY GIVES HIS TESTIMONY OVER ALLEGED RUSSIAN TIES. THE RESULTS ARE IN ` BRITAIN'S ELECTION HAS ENDED WITH A HUNG PARLIAMENT. PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY SAYS SHE HAS NO INTENTION OF RESIGNING, BUT THERE ARE CALLS FOR HER TO BOW OUT OVER HER DISASTROUS SNAP ELECTION. BUT HER RIVAL, LABOUR LEADER JEREMY CORBYN, IS CELEBRATING AN INCREDIBLE SURGE IN SEATS. 326 WERE NEEDED FOR A CLEAR MAJORITY. THE TORIES FAILED TO COMMAND THAT, TAKING 318 SEATS. THEY'LL NOW LIKELY NEED HELP FROM A SMALLER PARTY TO GOVERN. LABOUR DEFYING ALL EXPECTATIONS WITH 261 ` THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 29; LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, WHO HAVE RULED OUT ANY COALITION, ON 12. LISETTE REYMER HAS MORE ON THE SHOCKING RESULTS. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW ANY BETTER, YOU MIGHT THINK LABOUR HAD WON THIS SNAP ELECTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH! THERESA MAY'S GAMBLE BACKFIRING IN SPECTACULAR FASHION. UNPRECEDENTED SHOCK. NOT FOR A GENERATION OR MORE HAS A GOVERNMENT GONE TO THE COUNTRY WITH SUCH A HUGE OPINION POLL LEAD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CAMPAIGN, AND THEN APPARENTLY LOST IT. SHE HAD BEEN BANKING ON A LANDSLIDE WIN. INSTEAD THE TORIES WERE HANDED A DEVASTATING BLOW, LEFT SEARCHING FOR SUPPORT FROM ANOTHER PARTY TO STAY IN POWER. ANOTHER POLITICAL SURPRISE. THE POUND PLUMMETING AND THE MARKETS PANICKING AS THE PRIME MINISTER NOW FACES CALLS TO STEP DOWN. YOU GONNA RESIGN, PRIME MINISTER? BRITAIN PLUNGED INTO A PERIOD OF POLITICAL CHAOS ONCE AGAIN. I WANT TO VOTE FOR A HUNG PARLIAMENT ` EVERYONE GETS HANGED. WITH BREXIT TALKS SET TO START IN JUST NINE DAYS, MAY'S PROMISE TO DELIVER A 'HARD BREXIT' LOOKS LOST AS WELL. IT WEAKENS HER ABILITY TO COMPROMISE, MANOEUVRE, TO DO DEALS. AS IT STANDS, NORTHERN IRELAND'S DEMOCRATIC UNIONIST PARTY ARE MOST LIKELY TO SAVE THE CONSERVATIVES. THEIR 10 SEATS WOULD GET THEM ACROSS THE LINE. AT THIS TIME, MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, THIS COUNTRY NEEDS A PERIOD OF STABILITY. WHILE LABOUR PUSH FOR A MINORITY PARLIAMENT. WE PUT FORWARD OUR POLICIES, AND THEY GAINED AN AMAZING REACTION AND TRACTION. I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR WHO WON THIS ELECTION. THERESA MAY STANDING TO LOSE NOT JUST THE MAJORITY, BUT HER JOB AS WELL. LISETTE REYMER, 1 NEWS. SO, THERESA MAY'S RISK DIDN'T PAY OFF. WITH BREXIT NEGOTIATIONS AROUND THE CORNER, THERE'S NOW HUGE UNCERTAINTY PLAGUING THE COUNTRY. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT EMMA KEELING IS IN LONDON. EMMA, HAVE WE SEEN THERESA MAY YET? No, we haven't. She has not fronted to the media as yet. She will be visiting the Queen in 30 minutes time to tall ask her permission to form a government. What's ahead as it looks like she will be forming a government, not a coalition government, but a government with a democratic Unionist party. They will have a confidence agreement, which means they will help out with votes when things are needed to get through Parliament. Not a coalition as such. We are not sure as yet. There is so much further to go here. Everything is up in the air. People are totally unsure. It is uncharted territory. It is been a disaster For Teresa may. SO, EMMA, IS IT LIKELY SHE'LL STEP DOWN? She said she is not going to resign. It would create a leadership vacuum. They cant afford the time as the clock is ticking on Brexit. They have two years to organise negotiations with the EU. They have to stabilise this government. There is a lot of her Mps who are annoyed at her and how she has campaigned on the selection. They feel she has left then we can. This is a lot of mistakes. The EU has said we are ready for these negotiations. She hasn't got a lot of time to sort this out. They will have a lot of demands they will be making to make sure that they have a great deal. This is an unpalatable deal for Theresa May. She is in a weak position. Uncharted territory. We are unsure. We will have more decisions that will come out, more information, but Britain doesn't know where it is at. BARS WERE PACKED, THOUSANDS GLUED TO TV SCREENS. IT WASN'T THE SUPER BOWL, BUT THE EXPLOSIVE TESTIMONY OF SACKED FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY. HE WENT FURTHER THAN EXPECTED, LABELLING THE U.S. PRESIDENT A 'LIAR' AT THE INQUIRY INTO LINKS BETWEEN THE TRUMP CAMP AND THE RUSSIANS. DONALD TRUMP KEPT OFF TWITTER, THOUGH, HITTING BACK THROUGH HIS LAWYER. CHANNEL NINE'S LIZZIE PEARL HAS MORE. FOR WEEKS, HE SIMMERED, THEN JUST MINUTES INTO HIS TESTIMONY, THE FIRED FBI DIRECTOR, UNDER OATH, BRANDED THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES A LIAR. THE ADMINISTRATION THE CHOSE TO DEFAME ME AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE FBI, BY SAYING THAT THE ORGANISATION WAS IN DISARRAY. THAT IT WAS POORLY LED. THOSE WERE LIES, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. JAMES COMEY WAS HEADING AN FBI INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN COLLUDED WITH THE RUSSIANS BEFORE HE WAS SENSATIONALLY SACKED BY THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. AS THE POLITICAL WORLD WATCHED ON, MR COMEY TOLD THE HEARING HE WAS STUNNED THE DAY DONALD TRUMP CLEARED THE OVAL OFFICE AND SAID HE HOPED MR COMEY WOULD LAY OFF MICHAEL FLYNN, TRUMP'S FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. I TOOK IT AS A DIRECTION. AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WITH ME ALONE, SAYING, 'I HOPE THIS,' I TOOK IT AS THIS IS WHAT HE WANTS ME TO DO. COMEY ADMITTED HE WAS PROVOKED BY THE PRESIDENTIAL TWEET ` 'JAMES COMEY BETTER HOPE THERE ARE NO TAPES' ` INTO LEAKING MEMOS ON PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. HE SAID HE DID IT TO FORCE THE APPOINTMENT OF A SPECIAL COUNCIL TO TAKE OVER THE RUSSIA PROBE. I'VE SEEN THE TWEET ABOUT TAPES. LORDY, I HOPE THERE ARE TAPES. THE COMEY TESTIMONY WAS SOLD AS WASHINGTON'S SUPER BOWL. MAJOR NETWORKS BROKE INTO USUAL PROGRAMMING, WHILE BARS ACROSS THE CAPITAL OPENED EARLY FOR THE COMEY SHOW, SERVING RUSSIAN VODKA. WITH COMEY AT THE CAPITOL, DONALD TRUMP NOTABLY STAYED OFF TWITTER, BUT APPEALED TO HIS SUPPORTERS. WE'RE UNDER SIEGE. LATER, SMILING THROUGH THE QUESTIONS.. MR PRESIDENT, ANY REACTION TO COMEY'S TESTIMONY? TRUMP: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ...BEFORE SENDING HIS PERSONAL LAWYER OUT TO CALL COMEY THE LIAR. THE PRESIDENT NEVER SUGGESTED THAT MR COMEY 'LET FLYNN GO.' UNORTHODOX? YES. INAPPROPRIATE? PROBABLY. BUT WHETHER THE PRESIDENT DID ANYTHING ILLEGAL, OR WHETHER HE COULD NOW FACE AN OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE CHARGE WILL BE UP TO THAT SPECIAL COUNCIL. DO YOU BELIEVE THIS WILL RISE TO THE OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE? I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S BOB MUELLER'S JOB TO SORT THAT OUT. BACK HERE, A COW QUOTA COULD BE THE KEY TO CLEANING UP OUR WATERWAYS, IF LABOUR GETS INTO GOVERNMENT. THE PARTY'S SAYS ITS ELECTION POLICY WOULD BE LOOKING AT BANNING MORE INTENSIVE LIVESTOCK FARMING. BUT FARMERS AREN'T ON-BOARD WITH THE IDEA. HERE'S RYAN BOSWELL. 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 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, COS 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 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 GONNA SEE MORE COWS IN NEW ZEALAND. LABOUR SEES HORTICULTURE TAKING OVER AGRICULTURE AS THE COURSE TO CLEANER WATER. RYAN BOSWELL, 1 NEWS. THE MAN WHO KILLED CHRISTCHURCH TODDLER IHAKA STOKES HAS BEEN JAILED FOR A MINIMUM OF 17 YEARS. TROY KEVIN TAYLOR WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER IN MARCH. TODAY HE HUNG HIS HEAD IN THE DOCK, AS HE LISTENED TO THE CHILD'S FAMILY TALK OF THE DISTRESS HIS VIOLENT DEATH 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. VIOLENT HOMICIDE OF BABIES AND YOUNG CHILDREN BY THOSE WHO 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. THE SEARCH FOR MISSING CHRISTCHURCH MAN MICHAEL MCGRATH IS SET TO WIDEN WITH POLICE PLANNING TO SCOUR A MASSIVE RUBBISH DUMP. UP TO 100 PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON THE CASE, INCLUDING THE POLICE DIVE TEAM, WHO'VE BEEN SEARCHING LOCAL WATERWAYS IN AND AROUND THE SUBURB OF HALSWELL. NEXT WEEK POLICE WILL CONTINUE THE INVESTIGATION AT THE KATE VALLEY LANDFILL NEAR WAIPARA. WHILST I CAN'T DISCLOSE, WE HAVE INFORMATION THAT DOES LEAD US TO GO TO THAT LOCATION, THAT MAY PROVIDE EVIDENCE AS TO MICHAEL'S WHEREABOUTS. POLICE SAY THEY'LL BE CONCENTRATING ON A SPECIFIC PART OF THE LANDFILL. POLICE HAVE ARRESTED SIX MORE PEOPLE OVER THE DEATH OF A 19-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS FOUND IN THE STADIUM SOUTHLAND 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. AN HISTORIC APOLOGY FOR A TARANAKI VILLAGE WHICH SUFFERED GRAVE INJUSTICE AT THE HANDS OF GOVERNMENT TROOPS MORE THAN 130 YEARS AGO. THE PEOPLE OF PARIHAKA WERE INVADED, IMPRISONED AND DRIVEN OFF THEIR LAND. MAORI AFFAIRS REPORTER YVONNE TAHANA SAYS TODAY'S 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, 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. ONE POI PERFORMANCE, WHICH SPEAKS ABOUT THE RAPE OF PARIHAKA WOMEN, DEEMED SO SENSITIVE MEDIA WEREN'T ALLOWED TO FILM. THE CROWN NOW OFFERS THE FOLLOWING APOLOGY. THE CROWN TOOK THE RICH LANDS OF TARANAKI AND LEFT ITS PEOPLE IMPOVERISHED, DEMORALISED 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 THAT'S A HUGELY IMPORTANT AND CATHARTIC THING. 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. CONVICTED MURDERER AND PAEDOPHILE PHILLIP JOHN SMITH HAS BEEN AWARDED A $3500 TAXPAYER PAY-OUT. 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 PAY-OUT COVERS SMITH'S LEGAL COSTS. JUST AHEAD ` THE FALLOUT FROM NICKY HAGER'S LAST BOOK CONTINUES. THE UN HAS ASKED OUR GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND TO WAR-CRIME ALLEGATIONS. A STORM OF CONTROVERSY IN AUSTRALIA OVER WHAT A TOURING SAUDI TEAM DIDN'T DO BEFORE KICK-OFF. (GENTLE PIANO MUSIC) When you've got a hearing impairment, you're not aware of the effect it has on your family. Hearing aids can make life better for everyone. See if you're eligible for the $1000 government subsidy. Call us, or visit bayaudiology.co.nz. 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. A SOCCER PITCH SNUB HAS SPARKED A STORM OF CONTROVERSY IN AUSTRALIA AFTER THE SAUDI ARABIAN TEAM REFUSED TO OBSERVE A MINUTE'S SILENCE IN HONOUR OF THE LONDON TERROR VICTIMS. OFFICIALS HAVE SAID SORRY, BUT THERE ARE NOW QUESTIONS OVER WHETHER THAT'S ENOUGH. CHANNEL NINE'S DAMIAN RYAN REPORTS. THE GROUNDS ANNOUNCER HAD SPOKEN. WE STOP TO REMEMBER ALL THE LIVES LOST. BUT THE SAUDI TEAM HAD REFUSED TO LISTEN, AND SO TOO DID THEIR FANS. (INDISTINCT YELLING) THE PLAYERS HAD ALREADY WARNED OFFICIALS A MINUTE'S SILENCE... LAST YEAR, HOWEVER, A SAUDI CLUB TEAM PAUSED TO HONOUR BRAZILIAN FOOTBALLERS KILLED IN A PLANE CRASH. BUT BACK TO LAST NIGHT. THE PLAYERS TOOK UP THEIR POSITIONS ON THE FIELD. A COUPLE STOOD STILL, HEADS BOWED. THE OTHERS CONTINUED TO WARM UP, ONE DROPPING TO HIS KNEES NOT OUT OF RESPECT, BUT TO DO UP HIS BOOTS. I PERSONALLY DIDN'T NOTICE. I HAD MY EYES CLOSED AS A SIGN OF RESPECT. BUT MANY WATCHING DID. NOT ONLY WERE THE SAUDIS BEATEN BY THE SOCCEROOS; THEY WERE SMASHED BY THE AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC. EVERYONE SHOULD BE UNITED IN CONDEMNATION OF THE TERRORISTS AND LOVE AND SYMPATHY AND RESPECT FOR THE VICTIMS. EVENTUALLY, THE SAUDIS CAVED IN, BUT NOT BEFORE THE TEAM WAS LONG GONE ON AN EARLY MORNING FLIGHT. THE SAUDI ARABIAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION... BUT JUST MAYBE OUR WELCOME MAT IS STARTING TO WEAR A BIT THIN. THE CHIEFS HAVE CRUSHED THE HURRICANES IN THE FINAL QUARTER OF A BRUISING ENCOUNTER IN WELLINGTON. CLIP THE CANES MADE A BLISTERING START, TOUCHING DOWN IN THE FIRST FEW MINUTES, BUT TIGHT PLAY FROM THERE MEANT DEADLOCK AT THE BREAK. IT STAYED THAT WAY DESPITE SOME SPIRITED PLAY WHICH SAW MICHAEL ALLARDICE HANDED A YELLOW CARD FOR TAKING OUT TJ PERENARA. THE ACTION HEATED UP IN THE DYING MINUTES. A PENALTY TO THE CHIEFS PUTTING THEM IN FRONT DESPITE THIS TRY AND INCREDIBLE CONVERSION FROM THE HOME SIDE. BARRETT. IT'S CLOSE. OH, WHAT A BRILLIANT KICK! NOT ENOUGH TO CLOSE THE GAP. FINAL SCORE, CHIEFS 17-14. JUST AHEAD ` WE'LL RUN THROUGH A FIELD WITH THE WEATHER. AND FORGET LOOKING FORWARD OR LIVING IN THE NOW ` WE MEET SOME KIWIS WHO ARE BATTLING IN THE PAST. WE ARE CONSTANTLY TOLD TO STOP LIVING IN THE PAST, BUT FOR A SMALL GROUP OF KIWIS, IGNORING THAT MANTRA HAS TAKEN THEM TO FAR AWAY PLACES. NEW ZEALAND'S MEDIEVAL FIGHTING TEAM HAS JUST RETURNED FROM THE WORLD CHAMPS IN DENMARK. SEAN HOGAN CAUGHT UP WITH ONE FEMALE FIGHTER. THIS IS NOT YOUR MOST CONVENTIONAL CLASSROOM ACTIVITY,... LET'S SEE IF I CAN HIT IT. KIDS: OOH! ...BUT THIS ABUSE OF PRODUCE IS A HISTORY LESSON, OF SORTS, FROM A MEDIEVAL FIGHTER. RIGHT, WHO WANTS TO TAKE MY HELMET? YOU? THERE YOU ARE. IT'S HEAVY. I WAS PROBABLY MORE SCARED OF THEM THAT THEY WERE OF ME. THIS IS DAYNA BERGHAN WYMAN. SHE'S JUST RETURNED FROM HER FIRST TRIP TO THE PINNACLE OF MEDIEVAL SPORT, THE WORLD COMBAT CHAMPS IN DENMARK PLAYERS FIGHT HAND-TO-HAND USING OLD-SCHOOL WEAPONS IN HEAVY, AUTHENTIC ARMOUR, GAINING POINTS FOR THE BIGGEST BLOWS. THE TEAM OF 20 KIWIS WEREN'T THE FAVOURITES. COMMENTATOR: THAT IS THE AUSTRIA. NO, IT'S NOT AUSTRIA. NO, NO. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY, THAT IS NEW ZEALAND. AS A POLEAXE FIGHTER, SHE SAYS THE SPORT'S NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED. I SERIOUSLY SERIOUSLY LIKE FIGHTING. I LIKE BEING IN THE THICK OF IT. I LIKE BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. I LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DEAL DAMAGE TO AN OPPONENT. BUT WHEN SHE TAKES OFF THE HELMET, SHE'S A MUM, LOOKING TO INSPIRE HER AUTISTIC DAUGHTER FREYA. THERE ARE NOT MANY WOMAN THAT DO THIS. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE CAN'T BE WOMAN THAT DO THIS. I ALSO WANTED TO PROVE TO HER THAT EVEN IF SHE'S GOT A GOAL THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE MEDIEVAL, SHE CAN ACHIEVE THESE GOALS. SHE CAN TRAVEL. KIDS: WHOA! WITH JUST A SMATTERING OF CLUBS HERE, DAYNA HOPES MORE KIWI KIDS WILL TAKE UP THE GAME. DO YOU THINK WE COULD SEE SOME POLEAXE FIGHTERS INSTEAD OF ALL BLACKS ONE DAY? HA! THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC IF WE DID. THESE CABBAGES, THOUGH, PROBABLY DON'T THINK SO. SEAN HOGAN, 1 NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH ALICE COOPER. (ALICE COOPER'S 'ELECTED') FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND TOM PEDLAR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017.