TONIGHT ` A DRAMATIC DAY IN POLITICS. THE OPPOSITION HAS A NEW LEADER, AND SHE'S COME OUT FIGHTING. WE TAKE TO THE STREETS TO SEE IF JACINDA ADERN CAN BRING THE VOTERS BACK TO LABOUR. PLUS, A TRAVEL WARNING FOR THOSE OF US HEADING TO THE PACIFIC, WHERE THERE'S BEEN A SURGE IN DENGUE FEVER. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES. LABOUR LEADER ANDREW LITTLE'S STEPPED DOWN, HANDING THE REINS TO HIS NUMBER TWO WITH LESS THAN 8 WEEKS UNTIL ELECTION DAY. JACINDA ARDERN SAYS SHE'S UP TO THE JOB, ALONGSIDE HER NEW DEPUTY, NORTHLAND MP KELVIN DAVIS, THE FIRST MAORI TO HOLD THE POST. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN WILL GIVE US HIS TAKE ON THE DAY'S EVENTS IN A MOMENT. FIRST, BRIAR WELLS HAS HOW IT ALL UNFOLDED. A QUICK AND TUMULTUOUS RISE TO POWER. JACINDA ARDERN FRONTING HER FIRST QUESTION TIME AS LABOUR'S NEW LEADER. DOES HE STAND BY HIS STATEMENT ON THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT, QUOTE, 'I WOULDN'T CALL IT A CRISIS'? FIRST OF ALL, CAN I CONGRATULATE THE MEMBER ON HER NEW ROLE. A ROLE SHE'D PREVIOUSLY DENIED WANTING, BUT ONE THE 37-YEAR-OLD INSISTS SHE'S READY FOR. EVERYONE KNOWS I'VE JUST ACCEPTED, WITH SHORT NOTICE, THE WORST JOB IN POLITICS. BUT I ALSO WELCOME THIS JOB. IT IS AN ENORMOUS PRIVILEGE. A FRESH APPROACH JUST 54 DAYS OUT FROM THE ELECTION. THESE CAMPAIGN BILLBOARDS NOW OUT OF DATE, WITH ANDREW LITTLE STEPPING OUT OF THE PICTURE, MAINTAINING IT WAS HIS CHOICE. THE PARTY AND THE PEOPLE WHO WE ARE CAMPAIGNING FOR WILL BE BETTER SERVED BY A NEW LEADER WHO CAN BRING A FRESH FACE AND FRESH VOICE. SPECULATION HAD BEEN RIFE AFTER AN ADMISSION TO 1 NEWS HE'D THOUGHT ABOUT QUITTING FOLLOWING RECENT DISASTROUS POLLING. WE NEED TO GET OUT MESSAGE OUT WAY MORE CLEARLY THAN WE HAVE DONE. STANDING SIDE BY SIDE WITH HER DEPUTY,... ONE MORE? OK. ...TE TAI TOKERAU MP KELVIN DAVIS, THE FIRST MAORI TO HOLD THE POSITION. THIS TIME YESTERDAY I WAS JUST DRIVING UP AND DOWN TAI TOKERAU. 24 HOURS IS A LONG TIME IN POLITICS. JACINDA ARDERN HASN'T YET GIVEN ANY HINTS ABOUT CHANGES TO THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN. SHE SAYS SHE WANTS THREE DAYS TO TAKE STOCK OF WHERE THINGS ARE AT, BUT THERE'S NO DOUBT SHE'LL BE PUTTING HER OWN STAMP ON IT. THERE IS SOME CORE ELEMENTS OF OUR CAMPAIGN THAT WE ABSOLUTELY STAND BY BECAUSE THEY ARE REFLECTING THE ISSUES NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE TOLD US ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM ` HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, WATER QUALITY, HOUSING. BEGINNING HER LEADERSHIP WITH A STRONG MESSAGE TO NATIONAL ` DON'T BE COMPLACENT. HOPING TO SPIN LABOUR'S FORTUNES AROUND COME SEPTEMBERS ELECTION. BRIAR WELLS, 1 NEWS. SO, WILL THIS SHOCK MOVE BE THE SPARK LABOUR NEEDS TO HAVE ANY HOPE OF FORMING A NEW GOVERNMENT? HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN. JACINDA ARDERN TODAY, YOU'LL HAVE TO SAY IN HER FIRST SPEECH AS LEADER, REALLY DID DELIVER A STRONG PERFORMANCE. SHE WAS FIERY; SHE WAS SMART; SHE WAS FUNNY. SHE HIT ALL THE RIGHT NOTES IN ADDRESSING CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAD ABOUT LABOUR CHANGING ITS LEADER. ITS ONLY ON PRESS CONFERENCE, AND IT WON'T INITIALLY GIVE THEM THE BOOST THAT THEY MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR, BUT IT IS A START, AND THAT WILL ENCOURAGE MANY OF THOSE IN THE PARTY THAT WERE NERVOUS ABOUT THEM MAKING THIS CHANGE. OF COURSE FOR THE CAMPAIGN, IT SHIFTS THE GROUND. YOU'VE NOW GOT BILL ENGLISH FACING OFF AGAINST JACINDA ARDERN IN THE DEBATES RATHER THAN ANDREW LITTLE. THAT IS A FAR, FAR DIFFERENT LOOK. SHE HAS X-FACTOR; SHE HAS LIKEABILITY. NATIONAL, ON THE OTHER HAND, WILL LOOK TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THEY ARE THE STABLE ONES. THAT THEY ARE THE ONES THAT CAN MANAGE THE ECONOMY, AND THEY WILL PUT THE PRESSURE BACK ON LABOUR AND HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THIS IS A PARTY ` THE LABOUR PARTY ` THAT HAS BEEN IN CHAOS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIMES THEY'VE CHANGED LEADER. AND TO CHANGE THE LEADER SO CLOSE TO THE ELECTION JUST HIGHLIGHTS THAT. SO, BOY, THIS ELECTION LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, AND IT REALLY IS GONNA ENERGISE THE CAMPAIGN. THE NEW LABOUR LEADER NEEDS TO WIN OVER THE VOTING PUBLIC, BUT SHE'LL ALSO NEED TO GAIN THE TRUST OF POTENTIAL COALITION PARTNERS. LAURA TWYMAN HAS REACTION FROM PARLIAMENT AND THE ALL IMPORTANT VOTERS. IN HER OWN WORDS, SHE'S CONFIDENT AND COMPETENT. THERE IS NO DOUBT BEING IN OPPOSITION IS HARD. THAT IS WHY I'M USING THE NEXT EIGHT WEEKS TO GET OUR TEAM OUT OF IT. JACINDA ARDERN'S LONG BEEN TIPPED FOR THE TOP JOB, AND SHE INSISTS SHE'S NOW READY. I PRESENT REAL DIFFERENCE FOR NEW ZEALANDERS. BUT WHETHER THAT DIFFERENCE IS ENOUGH TO TURN AROUND LABOUR'S FORTUNES IS ALL UP TO THE VOTERS. I THINK IT'S A BOLD MOVE THAT THEY'VE MADE. IF IT'LL PAN OUT FOR THEM, ONLY TIME WILL TELL. I DON'T LIKE HER. (LAUGHS) NAH, I DON'T. I'M VOTING FOR WINSTON PETERS. I THINK SHE'S A FRESH FACE AND MAYBE THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED RIGHT NOW. WELL, SHE'S JUST TAKING OVER A MESS. THIS IS A BIT OF A, HOW SHALL I PUT IT? A RISK. A RISK SOME IN PARLIAMENT ARE SCEPTICAL ABOUT. ACT LEADER DAVID SEYMOUR QUESTIONED HER CREDENTIALS. IT'S HARD TO THINK OF A MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT. I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S CREDIBLE TO HAVE A 37-YEAR-OLD PRIME MINISTER IN COALITION WITH METIRIA AND WINSTON. THE LIKELY KINGMAKER WAS ASKED IF HE COULD WORK WITH LABOUR'S FIFTH NEW LEADER IN NINE YEARS. PLEASE DON'T ASK ME THE SAME QUESTIONS YOU ASKED OF ME FOR THE LAST FOUR LABOUR LEADERS. MEANWHILE A PRE-ELECTION DEAL WITH THE GREENS STILL STANDS. I'M VERY PLEASED SHE HAS THIS NEW ROLE AS LEADER, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER. THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING IS BETWEEN THE GREEN PARTY AND THE LABOUR PARTY. IT SURVIVES CHANGES OF PERSONNEL. THE MAORI PARTY'S EVEN SUGGESTED THEY COULD BE PART OF A NEW ALLIANCE. SO WE'LL WAIT AND SEE WHAT DEVELOPS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS OR SO. AN IDEA QUICKLY SHOT DOWN BY LABOUR'S NEW DEPUTY KELVIN DAVIS. IF THE MAORI PARTY IS STILL STANDING AFTER THE ELECTION, THEY'LL HAVE TO UP THEIR GAME IF THEY WANT TO WORK FOR US. WHILE CURRENT PRIME MINISTER BILL ENGLISH DOWNPLAYED THE IMPACT OF A NEW OPPOSITION LEADER. I'M SURE SHE IS A COMPETENT POLITICIAN. THE REAL PROBLEM FOR HER IS THE LABOUR PARTY. BUT IT'S THE OPINION OF THOSE ON THE STREETS THAT WILL DECIDE WHETHER JACINDA ARDERN BECOMES THE COUNTRY'S YOUNGEST EVER PRIME MINISTER. LAURA TWYMAN, 1 NEWS. TO THE US, AND THERE'S BEEN ANOTHER INCREDIBLE SHAKE-UP IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, WITH MEDIA CHIEF ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI SACKED JUST 11 DAYS AFTER HE WAS HIRED. THE CONTROVERSIAL NEW YORKER WASN'T OFFICIALLY DUE TO START HIS ROLE UNTIL LATER THIS MONTH, BUT HE'S NOW PAID THE PRICE FOR A FOUL-MOUTHED TIRADE AGAINST COLLEAGUES. CHANNEL NINE'S ROBERT PENFOLD HAS THE STORY. THEY NICKNAMED HIM 'THE MOOCH'. ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI STARTED WORK AS TRUMP'S NEW HARDMAN JUST A WEEK AND A HALF AGO. I LOVE THE PRESIDENT. THAT LOVE WASN'T RECIPROCATED, AND THIS MORNING, THE MAN WHO THREATENED TO FIRE EVERYONE IF NEEDED ON THE WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM,... IF YOU'RE GONNA KEEP LEAKING, I'M GONNA FIRE EVERYBODY. IT'S JUST VERY BINARY. ...TODAY GOT FIRED HIMSELF. MOOCH'S PROBLEM ` HE RAN INTO A GREATER FORCE. AND THAT'S SAYING SOMETHING. NAMELY, TRUMP'S NEW CHIEF OF STAFF, FORMER MARINE GENERAL, JOHN KELLY. NOW, KELLY HATES BIG-MOUTHS AND INSUBORDINATION, AND LAST WEEK, HE WATCHED AS SCARAMUCCI LET GO WITH SOME FILTHY LANGUAGE. IN ONE OF THE FEW QUOTES WE CAN USE ON TV, HE CALLED THE PREVIOUS CHIEF OF STAFF, REINCE PRIEBUS... AND THERE WAS FAR, FAR WORSE. THE PRESIDENT CERTAINLY FELT THAT ANTHONY'S COMMENTS WERE INAPPROPRIATE FOR A PERSON IN THAT POSITION. HE'S NOT ONLY LOST HIS JOB; HE'S LOST HIS FAMILY TOO. LAST WEEK, HIS WIFE DEIDRE BELL, REPORTEDLY FED UP WITH HIS NAKED POLITICAL AMBITION, FILED FOR DIVORCE. SHE WASN'T INTERESTED IN HIS 'INSANE GRAB FOR POWER IN WASHINGTON.' MS BELL WAS PREGNANT WITH THEIR SECOND CHILD WHEN SHE SAID ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH, AND THEIR BABY BOY WAS BORN LAST WEEK. SO TONIGHT, WHAT'S THE PRESIDENT THINKING? WELL, HE'S LET US KNOW VIA TWITTER, AS USUAL. A SHORT NOTE, JUST SEVEN WORDS SAYING, 'A GREAT DAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE.' POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING WHAT COULD BE THE 10TH SYNTHETIC CANNABIS-RELATED DEATH IN AUCKLAND IN A MONTH. A MAN (47) WAS FOUND DEAD IN A CENTRAL CITY HOSTEL LAST WEEK. CHIEF CORONER MORAG MCDOWELL MET WITH ASSOCIATE HEALTH MINISTER PETER DUNNE TO DISCUSS RECENT DEATHS AND SAYS THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES. THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE RECENT DEATHS HAVE NOT YET BEEN CONFIRMED. THE GREENS ARE VOWING TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION RANGERS IF THEY GET INTO POWER. THE CO-LEADER IS PROMISING ANOTHER 720 RANGERS, WITH A PRICE TAG OF NEARLY $200M OVER FIVE YEARS. JAMES SHAW SAYS IT WOULD BE THE BIGGEST FUNDING BOOST FOR DOC SINCE IT WAS SET UP IN 1987. SINCE COMING TO OFFICE, THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT HAS CUT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION'S BUDGET. THEY HAVE LAID OFF HUNDREDS OF FRONTLINE RANGERS. THE CONSERVATION MINISTER MAGGIE BARRY SAYS THAT $200M PROMISE WOULD HAVE TO BE TAKEN FROM HEALTH, EDUCATION, POLICE AND TRANSPORT. KIWI TRAVELLERS ARE BEING WARNED ABOUT A SURGE OF DENGUE FEVER IN THE PACIFIC ` A STRAIN THAT HASN'T BEEN SEEN IN TWO DECADES. 11 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN NEW CALEDONIA THIS YEAR FROM THE MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASE. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER WITH THIS REPORT. NEW CALEDONIA SELLS ITSELF AS AN IDYLLIC HOLIDAY DESTINATION. MORE THAN 9000 KIWIS HOLIDAY THERE EVERY YEAR. BUT IT'S BEEN HIT WITH A DEADLY DENGUE EPIDEMIC ` 11 DEAD AND MORE THAN 4000 AFFECTED. NORMALLY YOU HAVE ONE STRAIN CIRCULATING. NOW WE HAVE TWO ` BOTH TYPE I AND TYPE II. SO IT'S A CONCERN FOR US IN THE REGION, WITHOUT A DOUBT. TYPE II HASN'T BEEN SEEN IN THE PACIFIC FOR 20 YEARS. THE SYMPTOMS OF ACHING JOINTS, HEADACHES AND FEVER ARE THE SAME, BUT THE ABSENCE OF THE STRAIN UNTIL RECENTLY MEANS MANY PEOPLE HAVEN'T DEVELOPED IMMUNITY TO IT. AS WELL AS NEW CALEDONIA, THE DENGUE STRAIN IS ALSO IN VANUATU, FIJI, AMERICAN SAMOA AND PALAU. WELL, IT IS ALMOST EVERY YEAR NOW, AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE SO-CALLED CLIMATE CHANGE. AND WHEN WE SEE THAT FACT COUPLED WITH THAT THERE IS A GREAT TRAVELLER POPULATION. WHILE DENGUE ISN'T SPREAD IN NEW ZEALAND, TRAVELLERS HAVE COME BACK WITH IT. OVER THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, 71 NEW ZEALANDERS WERE REPORTED AS CONTRACTING DENGUE OVERSEAS, MOSTLY AFTER TRAVELLING TO THE PACIFIC. AND SINCE APRIL, SEVEN ZIKA CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED HERE ` ALL ORIGINATING FROM FIJI. ZIKA ` ALSO CAUGHT FROM MOSQUITOS ` HAS BEEN LINKED TO MICROCEPHALY, WHERE A BABY IS BORN WITH A SMALL HEAD. TRAVELLERS ARE BEING WARNED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS WHEN GOING TO AFFECTED AREAS. THAT TWO-HOUR WINDOW ON EITHER SIDE OF DUSK OR DAWN IS THE TIME OF BITING, SO BEING EXTREMELY VIGILANT IN GOOD MOSQUITO PREVENTION THEN. LIGHT-COLOURED CLOTHES ` THE MOSQUITOS ARE ATTRACTED TO DARK COLOURS. WHILE NOT CURRENTLY USED IN THE PACIFIC, A DENGUE VACCINE IS ON THE HORIZON. UNTIL THEN, PREVENTION IS THE KEY. BARBARA DREAVER, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` UNDER PRESSURE. US LAID-BACK KIWIS ARE GETTING STRESSED, AND HOW IT'S IMPACTING OUR WORK. A NEW COACH FOR THE HIGHLANDERS. WHY A FORMER CRUSADER AND ALL BLACK GOT THE NOD FOR THE JOB. AN ALLEGED TERROR PLOT TO BRING DOWN A PASSENGER JET HAS GONE GLOBAL, WITH CONFIRMATION A UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AIRLINES IS HELPING AUSTRALIAN AUTHORITIES WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION. OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE STRETCHED TO THE LIMIT AS THEY WORK AROUND THE CLOCK TO PROVIDE HEIGHTENED SECURITY AT AIRPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. CHANNEL NINE'S SIMON BOUDA REPORTS. FAR FROM DROPPING IN INTENSITY, WITH A DEADLINE LOOMING IN FIVE DAYS, THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ALLEGED TERROR THREAT IS GROWING IN URGENCY. FATHER AND SON KHALED AND ABDUL MERHI AND BULLDOGS FAN AND FORMER MEAT WHOLESALER KHALED KHAYAT ARE STILL IN CUSTODY. NINE NEWS CAN NOW REVEAL KAHYAT'S BROTHER, MAHMOUD, WAS ALSO ARRESTED IN YESTERDAY'S JOINT COUNTER-TERRORISM SWOOP. BOTH THE KAHYAT'S AND THE MERHI'S REPORTEDLY HAVE LINKS TO I.S. FIGHTERS IN SYRIA. NINE NEWS HAVE BEEN TOLD THE ARREST PHASE OF THE OPERATION DEVELOPED EXTREMELY QUICKLY LATE LAST WEEK, WHEN ASIO RAISED THE ALARM AFTER WHAT'S BELIEVED TO BE A TIP-OFF FROM A FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. THE PLOT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE INVOLVED USING A KITCHEN MEAT MINCER TO SMUGGLE A TOXIC GAS OR EXPLOSIVE ON TO A FLIGHT BOUND FOR THE GULF. IT'S UNDERSTOOD ONE OF THE MEN HAD TRIED TO CHECK-IN ON A FLIGHT, AND THAT MAY HAVE BEEN A DRY RUN FOR THE ALLEGED TERROR ATTACK. IN A STATEMENT, ETIHAD AIRLINES ALL BUT CONFIRMED IT WAS THE TARGET. MEANWHILE, RAMPED SECURITY AT AUSTRALIAN AIRPORTS SEEMS TO BE HERE TO STAY, AND IT COULD GET EVEN TIGHTER, WITH SUGGESTIONS TRAVELLERS MAY NEED TO SHOW PHOTO IDENTIFICATION. THESE PEOPLE HAVE GOTTA BE STOPPED SOMEWHERE. SO, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE JUST GOTTA WEAR IT ALL FOR A FEW CRAZIES IN THE WORLD. TWO VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION LEADERS HAVE BEEN RE-ARRESTED, RELATIVES OF THE PAIR SAY. THEY WERE UNDER HOUSE ARREST AFTER ACCUSATIONS OF INCITING VIOLENCE DURING ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS IN 2014. THE MOVE COMES TWO DAYS AFTER A CONTROVERSIAL VOTE FOR A NEW CONSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY AND AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SLAPS SANCTIONS ON THE COUNTRY. THE US HAS CALLED PRESIDENT MADURO A 'DICTATOR' OVER THE ELECTION, WHICH SPARKED PROTESTS THAT KILLED AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE. MADURO IS NOT JUST A BAD LEADER, HE IS NOW A DICTATOR. THE UNITED STATES STANDS WITH THE PEOPLE OF VENEZUELA IN THE FACE OF THIS OPPRESSION. WE WILL WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS TO HOLD ALL THOSE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE ESCALATING VIOLENCE AND ONGOING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. IN A TELEVISED ADDRESS, NICOLAS MADURO SAID HE WAS 'PROUD' OF THE NEWLY IMPOSED SANCTIONS, CALLING DONALD TRUMP 'DESPERATE'. SUCCESSFUL AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT, ACTOR AND AUTHOR SAM SHEPARD, HAS DIED AGED 73. HIS MANY FILM CREDITS INCLUDE 'BLACK HAWK DOWN' AND ASTRONAUT MOVIE 'THE RIGHT STUFF' FOR WHICH HE WAS NOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR, WHILE HIS GROUNDBREAKING 1979 PLAY 'BURIED CHILD' EARNED HIM THE PRESTIGIOUS PULITZER PRIZE. SHEPARD DIED OF COMPLICATIONS FROM LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE AT HIS HOME IN KENTUCKY. FEELING FRAZZLED? APPARENTLY, YOU'RE NOT ALONE. A 'WELLNESS IN THE WORKPLACE' SURVEY HAS FOUND KIWIS ARE BECOMING MORE STRESSED, AND IT'S LEADING TO PEOPLE TAKING MORE TIME OFF WORK, COSTING BUSINESSES MILLIONS. HERE'S EMILY COOPER WITH THE DETAILS. THE OFFICE ENVIRONMENT ` A LOT OF US WORK IN ONE, BUT HOW STRESSFUL IS IT? WE NEED TO BE MORE HOLISTIC. HOW DO WE LOOKING AFTER PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH? A 'WELLNESS IN THE WORKPLACE' SURVEY HAS FOUND NEW ZEALAND IS LOSING A LOT DUE TO STAFF BEING ABSENT AND WORKPLACE STRESS. 50% OF LARGE BUSINESSES AND 56% OF SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE PROCEDURES AND PROCESSES IN PLACE TO IDENTIFY AND MANAGE STRESS. SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD THING. BUT, AGAIN, THAT'S 40% TO 50% OF BUSINESSES WHICH DON'T HAVE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE. SO THERE IS A BIT OF WORK TO DO, I THINK. IF SOMEONE'S JUST KILLING THE VIBE, LIKE THAT ONE WORKMATE WHO'S JUST IN A BAD MOOD, IT CAN SOMETIMES SET OFF EVERYTHING. OFFICE POLITICS. DIFFICULT? DIFFICULT, YEAH. DEALING WITH PEOPLE, DIFFICULT PEOPLE TO WORK WITH. THE SURVEY SHOWS NEW ZEALAND LOST 6.6 MILLION WORKING DAYS LAST YEAR DUE TO PEOPLE NOT BEING AT WORK, EQUATING TO MORE THAN $1.5B. AND WE'RE GETTING MORE STRESSED. STRESS IS UP NEARLY 23%. SO WHAT SHOULD EMPLOYERS BE DOING? THE REPORT SUGGESTS DECREASING WORKLOADS AND ALLOWING STAFF MORE FLEXIBLE WORK HOURS. BUT THAT'S SOMETIMES EASIER SAID THAN DONE. BUT CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST JACQUI WALL SAYS DOING NOTHING CAN BE DETRIMENTAL TO A WORKPLACE. LOOKING AT WELL-BEING AND PRIORITISING THAT IS NOT IMPORTANT JUST FOR LOOKING AFTER YOUR STAFF, BUT IF YOU WANT A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS IN A WORLD THAT'S RAPIDLY CHANGING, YOU NEED TO BE LOOKING AFTER WELL-BEING SO PERFORMANCE ENHANCES AS WELL. BETTER WELL-BEING FOR A BETTER PERFORMING WORKPLACE. EMILY COOPER, 1 NEWS. IT'S BEEN A DRAMATIC DAY FOR A MAN AND HIS DOG IN THE US. THE PAIR BECAME STRANDED IN A FLASH FLOOD IN COLORADO. RESCUE TEAMS HELPED PULL THE POOCH AND HIS OWNER FROM THEIR CAR WINDOW, AS RUSHING WATER ENGULFED THE VEHICLE. THE MAN HAD PARKED ON A DRY CREEK BED, BEFORE IT WAS SUDDENLY HIT WITH THE DELUGE. LOS ANGELES HAS REACHED A DEAL WITH THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE TO HOST THE GAMES IN 2028, LEAVING PARIS TO STAGE THE EVENT FOUR YEARS EARLIER. L.A. AND PARIS HAD BOTH WANTED TO HOST IN 2024, BUT THE I.O.C HAS NOW PLEDGED TO CONTRIBUTE MORE THAN $2B TO LA'S ORGANISING COMMITTEE. FORMER ALL BLACK AND CRUSADER AARON MAUGER HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED AS THE NEW HIGHLANDERS HEAD COACH. IT'S JUST MAUGER'S SECOND ROLE AS A HEAD COACH AFTER A STINT IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. THE TEAM FEELS THE 36-YEAR-OLD HAS THE GOODS TO CONTINUE THE STYLE OF THE SOUTHERN FRANCHISE. MARK HATHAWAY HAS MORE. AARON MAUGER IN THE BLUE AND GOLD COLOURS OF THE DEEP SOUTH. LOOK, I'M TOTALLY COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THE WE'RE PLAYING THE BRAND OF RUGBY THAT OUR FANS ENJOY COMING TO WATCH AND SUPPORTING. THE TWO FINAL CANDIDATES FOR THE HEAD COACHES JOB WERE MAUGER AND CURRENT HIGHLANDERS ASSISTANT COACH MARK HAMMETT, WHO WAS HAPPY STAYING IN HIS PRESENT ROLE. IT WAS A PRETTY EASY PROCESS IN THE END, AND ONE THAT WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT. THE APPOINTMENT ENDING THE JAMIE JOSEPH/TONY BROWN ERA THAT BEGAN IN 2012 AND SAW A REJUVENATED HIGHLANDERS WIN THE TITLE IN 2015. WE'RE NOT STARTING FROM SCRATCH. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GOOD WORK DONE OVER THE LAST SEVEN SEASONS, AND WE'VE GOT A REALLY SOLID BASE TO WORK FROM, AND AARON'S ALREADY IDENTIFIED THAT. SO WHAT DO HIGHLANDERS FANS THINK OF THE NEW HELMSMAN? HE'S BEEN A GOOD PLAYER. I KNOW HE'S NOT AN OTAGO MAN, BUT, NO, HE SHOULD BE ALL RIGHT. VERY, VERY EXCITED. HE'S GOT A GOOD PEDIGREE BEHIND HIM. GOOD CHALLENGE FOR THE BOYS. SOMETHING NEW. SOMETHING FRESH. IN FIVE OUT OF THE SEVEN YEARS MAUGER PLAYED AT THE CRUSADERS, THE TEAM EITHER WON OR WERE RUNNERS-UP IN THE SUPER COMPETITION. HE ALSO CLOCKED UP 46 CAPS FOR THE ALL BLACKS. MAUGER'S COACHING LIFE BEGAN AS AN ASSISTANT WITH THE CRUSADERS, BEFORE MOVING TO HIS FIRST HEAD COACH'S ROLE WITH ENGLISH CLUB THE LEICESTER TIGERS IN 2015. HE'LL MOVE TO DUNEDIN WITH HIS FAMILY LATER THIS YEAR. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE DOWN HERE, AND THEY LOVE THEIR TEAM, SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO BE PART OF THE DUNEDIN COMMUNITY AND REPRESENTING THE HIGHLANDERS. MAUGER'S APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN MET WITH APPROVAL. THE TRUE TEST WILL BE HOW WELL THE HIGHLANDERS PERFORM NEXT YEAR. MARK HATHAWAY, 1 NEWS. THE BLACK FERNS ARE HOPING EXPERIENCE WILL HELP PUSH THEM TO VICTORY AT THE WOMEN'S RUGBY WORLD CUP IN IRELAND. 12 PLAYERS HAVE RETURNED FROM 2014'S DISAPPOINTING CAMPAIGN, WHILE THE MAJORITY ARE USED TO PLAYING AT PINNACLE EVENTS, LIKE SEVENS. EXCITEMENT WAS CLEARLY BUILDING IN TODAY'S FINAL HIT OUT, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNGSTER STACEY WAAKA, SET TO COMPETE IN HER FIRST WORLD CUP. I KIND OF JUST TAKE IN WHAT THEY SAY TO ME, AND I LISTEN, AND I LEARN, AND HAVING A CAPTAIN LIKE FI. IT'S HER, WHAT, FIFTH WORLD CUP. IT'S QUITE COOL, AND, YEAH, I JUST LIKE LISTENING AND LEARNING. THE TEAM FLY OUT TO IRELAND TONIGHT. JUST AHEAD ` YOUR WEATHER FOR TOMORROW. PLUS ` YOU KNOW NOTHING, JON SNOW, BUT HACKERS CLAIM THEY'VE STOLEN A SCRIPT OF AN UPCOMING GAME OF THRONES EPISODE. GAME OF THRONES FANS COULD BE IN FOR SOME SERIOUS SPOILERS WITH A GROUP OF HACKERS CLAIMING TO HAVE STOLEN THE SCRIPT FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE. THE GROUP CLAIMS TO HAVE NICKED TERABYTES OF DATA FROM ENTERTAINMENT FIRM HBO. IT'S POSTED EPISODES OF OTHER HBO SHOWS ONLINE ALREADY. THE COMPANY'S ADMITTED A CYBER ATTACK TOOK PLACE. THE HACKERS SAY THEY HAVE THE FOURTH EPISODE OF THE HUGELY POPULAR TV SHOW'S CURRENT SEASON. WITH JUST A FEW EPISODES LEFT, FANS WILL NO DOUBT BE HOPING PLOT SECRETS REMAIN UNDER WRAPS UNTIL THEY AIR. RITA ORA AND 'YOUR SONG' ACCOMPANIES TOMORROW'S WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ # I WOKE UP WITH A FEAR THIS MORNING, # BUT I CAN TASTE YOU ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE. # ALONE WITHOUT NO WARNING. # YOU'RE BY MY SIDE AND WE'VE GOT SMOKE IN OUR LUNGS. # LAST NIGHT WE WERE WAY UP, KISSING IN THE BACK OF THE CAB. # AND THEN YOU SAY 'LOVE, BABY, LET'S GO BACK TO MY FLAT.' # AND WHEN WE WAKE UP, NEVER HAD A FEELING LIKE THAT. # I GOT A REASON, SO MAN, PUT THAT RECORD ON AGAIN. # I DON'T WANT TO HEAR SAD SONGS ANY MORE. # I ONLY WANT TO HEAR LOVE SONGS. # I FOUND MY HEART UP IN THIS PLACE TONIGHT. # DON'T WANT TO SING MAD SONGS ANY MORE. # ONLY WANT TO SING YOUR SONG, # COS YOUR SONG'S GOT ME FEELING LIKE I'M... # I'M IN LOVE, I'M IN LOVE. I'M IN LOVE. # THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY KATE PARKINSON AND JEAN TENG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017.