TONIGHT ` METIRIA TUREI REVEALS MORE DETAILS ABOUT HER BENEFIT FRAUD AFTER A GRILLING BY INVESTIGATORS. NEW HOPE TONIGHT FOR THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES WHO WORRY ABOUT PASSING ON DISEASES FROM ONE GENERATION TO ANOTHER. PLUS ` AFTER 21 YEARS, WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO IS HANGING UP THE GLOVES. METIRIA TUREI HAS TONIGHT REVEALED MORE DETAILS ABOUT HER BENEFIT FRAUD, ADMITTING HER MOTHER LIVED WITH HER IN THE 1990s. THE GREENS CO-LEADER CONFESSED A FEW WEEKS AGO SHE LIED TO WORK AND INCOME DURING THAT TIME. TODAY SHE FACED BENEFIT FRAUD INVESTIGATORS TO TELL HER SIDE OF THE STORY AS THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT DECIDES WHETHER SHE'LL FACE CHARGES. HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE. METIRIA TUREI FRONTING UP TO THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT THIS MORNING,... OF COURSE I'M WORRIED ABOUT THAT. ...AFTER THIS ASTONISHING CONFESSION LAST MONTH. I HAD EXTRA FLATMATES THAT I DIDN'T DARE TELL WINZ ABOUT. THE GREENS CO-LEADER OBVIOUSLY SHAKEN BY THE HOUR-LONG MEETING WITH TWO FRAUD INVESTIGATORS. I CAN CERTAINLY SEE HOW PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT I DO WOULD FIND THAT QUITE TRAUMATIC. SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? MSD WANT ANSWERS ABOUT HER TIME AS A SINGLE MUM ON BENEFITS IN THE 1990S. THEY NEED THE DETAILS ABOUT WHERE I WAS LIVING AND WHAT I WAS PAYING. THEY ARE GOING TO BE SENDING ME THAT INFORMATION, THE LIST OF QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE, AND THEN I CAN GIVE THEM VERY ACCURATE INFORMATION IN RESPONSE. BUT WON'T THAT OPEN HER UP TO PROSECUTION? THAT IS THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCE; I KNEW THAT WHEN I FIRST TALKED ABOUT MY CASE, IN ATTEMPTING TO OPEN UP THE DISCUSSION ON WHAT WELFARE IS REALLY LIKE. THE ARGUMENT WOULD BE THAT THEY'RE OUT OF TIME TO LAY A PROSECUTION. BUT ALSO IT WOULD BE VERY HARD, BECAUSE I WOULD IMAGINE THEY'VE PROBABLY GOT NO OR VERY LITTLE FILE LEFT FOR METIRIA TUREI AFTER ALL THIS TIME. METIRIA TUREI HAS REPEATEDLY SAID SHE'LL PAY BACK THE MONEY. BUT IF THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, SHE MAY DONATE SOME MONEY TO AN ORGANISATION DEVOTED TO HELPING BENEFICIARIES. THE ADMISSION GAVE THE GREENS A FOUR-POINT BUMP IN THE LATEST COLMAR BRUNTON-1 NEWS POLL. AND THE GOVERNMENT SEEMS TO THINK THERE'S LITTLE TO BE GAINED FROM ATTACKING HER. I'M NOT GOING TO COMMENT ON HOW SHE'S HANDLED HER PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES. THE PRIME MINISTER DOES SAY THAT THE SANCTIONS ON BENEFICIARIES WHO DON'T MEET THEIR OBLIGATIONS ARE ESSENTIAL, BUT THIS BARRISTER SAYS THE SYSTEM IS TOO HARSH. IT IS ABSOLUTELY TRAUMATIC. YOU'RE FEARFUL. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS. YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE PROSECUTED. IF A DEBT'S ESTABLISHED, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO REPAY THE MONEY? IT'S INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT. METIRIA TUREI SAYS SHE DOESN'T KNOW IF HER CASE WILL BE RESOLVED BEFORE NEXT MONTH'S ELECTION. ANDREA VANCE, 1 NEWS. AND IN A STATEMENT TONIGHT, MS TUREI DENIED SHE WAS LIVING WITH THE FATHER OF HER DAUGHTER AT THE TIME, DESPITE BEING LISTED AT THE SAME ADDRESS ON THE ELECTORAL ROLE. SHE ALSO SAYS SHE WAS FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT OF HER MOTHER WHILE THEY WERE LIVING TOGETHER. THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING THE PUBLIC SERVICE IN CHECK HAS QUIT. AUDITOR GENERAL MARTIN MATTHEWS FELL ON HIS SWORD TODAY, HOURS BEFORE A REPORT INTO HIS ACTIONS WHEN HE WAS HEAD OF THE TRANSPORT MINISTRY WAS DUE TO BE RELEASED. NOW THE REPORT INTO HIS FAILINGS TO PICK UP HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF FRAUD WAS TO ENSURE THE PUBLIC SERVICE WAS RUNNING EFFICIENTLY AND HONESTLY. HIS SUITABILITY FOR THE JOB WAS QUESTIONED OVER FRAUD ON HIS WATCH IN HIS PREVIOUS ROLE AS MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT CHIEF EXECUTIVE. I ACTED DECISIVELY. I ACTED THOROUGHLY TO BRING THIS PERSON TO JUSTICE. IT'S EXACTLY WHAT I EXPECT ALL CHIEF EXECUTIVES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR TO DO. BUT TODAY AN ABOUT-FACE FROM THAT POSITION ` HE'S RESIGNED AS AUDITOR-GENERAL. IT'S GOOD THAT IT'S REACHED A CONCLUSION, BECAUSE WE NEED IN PLACE AN AUDITOR-GENERAL WHO'S CREDIBLE, INDEPENDENT AND KEEPING AN EYE ON WHAT GOVERNMENT DOES WITH TAXPAYERS' MONEY. I THINK HE HAS RECOGNISED THAT IT WAS UNTENABLE FOR HIM TO CONTINUE IN THAT ROLE, BECAUSE THE INTEGRITY OF THE OFFICE WAS BEING DAMAGED. DURING HIS TENURE, STAFF MEMBER JOANNE HARRISON DEFRAUDED THE MINISTRY OF $725,000 THROUGH FAKE INVOICES. WHISTLE-BLOWERS RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT HER CONDUCT IN 2013, BUT MR MATTHEWS CONTINUED TO STAND BY HARRISON AND ONLY CALLED IN THE SERIOUS FRAUD OFFICE LAST YEAR. I HAD ONE OF THE WHISTLE-BLOWERS PHONE ME WITHIN MINUTES OF THE RESULT BEING KNOWN, AND AGAIN, THEY'VE BEEN VINDICATED. TODAY MR MATTHEWS APOLOGISED FOR NOT PICKING UP ON HARRISON'S DECEIT. WHAT HE'S DONE IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE, ABSOLUTELY DIABOLICAL, IN FACT, AND IT'S TAKEN SO LONG TO CATCH UP WITH HIM WHEN HE COULD HAVE BEEN HONEST ABOUT IT MUCH EARLIER. HARRISON'S CONVICTION EARLIER THIS YEAR PROMPTED MPs TO SEEK AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF HIS CONDUCT, BUT TODAY'S RESIGNATION COMES BEFORE THOSE FINDINGS COULD BE MADE PUBLIC. NOW THEY'LL BE KEPT UNDER WRAPS. GIVEN THE EXTRAORDINARY NATURE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, AND THE FACT THAT THE AUDITOR-GENERAL'S CHOSEN TO RESIGN, I THINK IT'S PRETTY DIFFICULT FOR IT NOT TO BE MADE PUBLIC, FRANKLY. WE'RE JUST CONCERNED THAT NOT REVEALING THE REPORT WILL ACTUALLY ENCOURAGE FURTHER SPECULATION. LABOUR'S NEW LEADER IS MAKING INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES, BUT PERHAPS NOT HOW JACINDA ARDERN IMAGINED. THE DEBATE OVER JUGGLING MOTHERHOOD AND POLITICS HAS SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD. IT COMES AS THE NEW LABOUR LEADER RESHUFFLES HER LINEUP. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD WITH THIS. NEW ZEALAND'S MOTHERHOOD DEBATE HAS GONE GLOBAL. NEW ZEALAND'S NEW OPPOSITION LEADER IS PUSHING BACK AGAINST WHAT SHE CALLS UNACCEPTABLE QUESTIONS FOR A PROFESSIONAL WOMAN. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTERS WEIGHED IN TO THE ARGUMENT. WHAT'S IT LIKE TO JUGGLE FATHERHOOD AS A TV NEWS ANCHOR? AT THE MOMENT, EVERYTHING SURPRISES ME. FORMER LABOUR LEADER HELEN CLARK ` HERSELF THE SUBJECT OF SEXIST ATTACKS ` WITH A BIT OF ADVICE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AS LONG AS WE CAN KEEP CHALLENGING VIEWS THAT ARE ANTIQUATED AND HAVE NO PLACE IN NEW ZEALAND OR ANYWHERE ELSE, THEN PERHAPS THERE'LL BE SOMETHING POSITIVE TO COME OUT OF THE DISCUSSION. JACINDA ARDERN WAS STAMPING HER MARK AS LEADER WITH A SLIGHT RESHUFFLE TODAY. SHE KEEPS THE CHILDREN'S PORTFOLIO AND HAS HANDED HER JUSTICE RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE MAN SHE REPLACED ` ANDREW LITTLE. I IMAGINE HE'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO LABOUR BEING IN GOVERNMENT AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A MINISTER. WE SPOKE ABOUT THE PORTFOLIOS, AND HE WAS REALLY PLEASED WITH THE MIX OF THINGS HE'LL BE WORKING ON. ON TUESDAY, JACINDA ARDERN GAVE HERSELF 72 HOURS TO GET HER FEET UNDER THE DESK. TIME'S UP TOMORROW, WHEN SHE IS EXPECTED TO RELEASE A NEW CAMPAIGN SLOGAN. BUT AS FOR ANY NEW POLICY, IT'S STILL UNCLEAR WHEN THAT MIGHT COME. THE MT ALBERT MP WAS REFUSING TO ANSWER ANY POLICY QUESTIONS TODAY. I CAN'T BLAME YOU FOR TRYING, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BE MAKING ANY FURTHER COMMENT ON ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE RELATED TO FUTURE POLICY ANNOUNCEMENTS, RULING THINGS IN OR OUT. I'M GOING TO TAKE MY FULL 72 HOURS. I JUST THINK THAT THEY ACTUALLY DO HAVE TO CHANGE SOME THINGS, BECAUSE THEY'VE RUN BASICALLY NOW ON THE SAME MESSAGE FOR THE LAST DECADE. SO JACINDA ARDERN SET TO DITCH THE SO-CALLED 'FRESH APPROACH' BUT PROMISING THERE'LL STILL BE A CHANGE IN DIRECTION. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. THE PROMOTION OF KELVIN DAVIS TO LABOUR'S DEPUTY LEADER HAS CHANGED THE GAME FOR TE TAI TOKERAU VOTERS. HE'S NOW NUMBER TWO ON THE LIST. SO WILL MAORI THERE VOTE STRATEGICALLY? AND HOW WILL THE SHIFT AFFECT OTHER SEATS? MAORI AFFAIRS REPORTER YVONNE TAHANA LOOKS INTO IT. HONE HARAWIRA AND KELVIN DAVIS SQUARING OFF AT A RADIO DEBATE. HE WON A COUPLE, AND I WON THE WON THAT MATTERED ` THE LAST ONE. AND I'M GOING TO WIN THIS ONE TOO. NOTHING'S CHANGED AT ALL. PEOPLE ARE STILL VERY POSITIVE ABOUT MY CANDIDACY. DESPITE THAT CONFIDENCE, HONE HARAWIRA WANTS TO NUT OUT A TWO-FOR-ONE DEAL, WHERE LABOUR WOULD CONCENTRATE ON THE PARTY VOTE. WHETHER OR NOT KELVIN WANTS TO ENTERTAIN A SCENARIO WHERE WE'RE NOT HAVING TO FIGHT WITH ONE ANOTHER. BUT KELVIN DAVIS IS HAVING NONE OF IT. OF COURSE HE'S GOING TO GO FOR THE SYMPATHY VOTE. KELVIN DAVIS HAD TAKEN HIMSELF OFF THE LABOUR LIST, ALONG WITH THE OTHER MPs, BACKING THEMSELVES TO WIN THE MAORI SEATS. BUT WITH HIS ELEVATION TO THE DEPUTY LEADER, THE PARTY HAD TO PUT HIM BACK ON, AS THEY CAN'T RISK HIM LOSING IN THE SEAT. IN 2014 KELVIN DAVIS WON WITH A SLIM MAJORITY, BUT CONSIDER THIS ` 2500 VOTES WERE CAST FOR THE MAORI PARTY, WHO AREN'T STANDING A CANDIDATE THIS YEAR. WHERE THOSE VOTES GO NOW WILL BE CRUCIAL TO THE OUTCOME. A POLITICAL COMMENTATOR SAYS VOTERS MIGHT WEIGH UP GETTING BOTH MEN. LET'S TRY AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE TE TAI TOKERAU VOTERS CAN BE STRATEGIC ENOUGH THIS TIME AROUND TO GET BOTH OF THEM IN. YOU CANNOT GET MORE NORTH THAN KELVIN DAVIS AND HONE HARAWIRA. TE TAI TOKERAU VOTERS, THOUGH, SPLIT ON SPLIT VOTING. NO, I THINK, AS WE ALWAYS DO, WE VOTE WITH OUR HEART. DO YOU THINK THEY'LL GET BOTH OF THEM IN THIS TIME AROUND? I THINK THERE'S A BIG POSSIBILITY THAT COULD HAPPEN. A LOT OF MAORI DON'T VOTE THAT WAY. THEY VOTE FOR THE MAN OR THE ISSUES. YOU'RE DOING GREAT! NEW ZEALAND'S JAMES BOND, BRO. KELVIN DAVIS' POPULARITY COULD ALSO HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR WAIARIKI, WHERE A LABOUR POLL SAY THEY'RE IN WITH A CHANCE TO UNSEAT TE URUROA FLAVELL. YOU KNOW, WE'VE REALLY GOT THIS. WE'RE JUST SUPREMELY CONFIDENT. THEY ARE ALL ON TENTERHOOKS. THEY ARE ALL GOING TO FIGHT A CAMPAIGN OF THEIR LIVES. IN BOTH MAORI SEATS, IT'S A CAMPAIGN WORTH WATCHING. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. RENOWNED EDUCATOR AND FORMER ALL BLACKS CAPTAIN SIR JOHN GRAHAM HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 82. SIR JOHN WAS HEADMASTER OF AUCKLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR 21 YEARS FROM 1973, AND WAS LATER THE CHANCELLOR OF AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY. HE PLAYED 22 TESTS FOR THE ALL BLACKS, SCORING ON DEBUT AGAINST AUSTRALIA IN 1958. HE IS THE ONE PERSON OUTSIDE OF, RAEWYN, MY WIFE, WHO HAS HAD THE GREATEST INFLUENCE ON ME AND MY CAREER. SIR JOHN WAS A MAN WHO WORKED HARD. HE HAD INTEGRITY. HE LED BY EXAMPLE. HE WAS PRACTICAL, AND HE WAS HUMBLE. SIR JOHN WAS A CRITIC OF MANY TRENDS IN MODERN EDUCATION AND LATER STARTED THE ACADEMIC COLLEGES GROUP. HE ALSO BECAME A COMPANY DIRECTOR AND WAS KNIGHTED IN IN 2011. IT'S THE SOURCE OF MUCH FRUSTRATION FOR COMMUTERS, BUT A NEW REPORT HAS FOUND BEING STUCK IN AUCKLAND TRAFFIC IS ALSO COSTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THE REPORT BY THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH FOUND TRAVEL TIMES IN OUR BIGGEST CITY HAVE DOUBLED IN THE PAST THREE YEARS. AND THAT HOLD-UP IS WIPING $2B FROM THE ECONOMY EVERY YEAR. A CONCRETE TRUCK MIXER STUCK IN TRAFFIC DELIVERING CONCRETE TO A BUILDING SITE. BECAUSE IT CAN'T DELIVER ON TIME, THEN ALL OF THE WORKERS ON THAT SITE ARE DELAYED IN GETTING THE FOUNDATIONS OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE DONE. AND IT HAS A RIPPLE EFFECT THROUGH THE ECONOMY. THE REPORT HAS PROMPTED RENEWED CALLS FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO STEP IN AND HELP SOLVE THE CONGESTION PROBLEM. FOR THE FIRST TIME, SCIENTISTS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY EDITED A FAULTY GENE IN HUMAN EMBRYOS. IT OPENS THE DOOR TO PREVENT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DISEASES THAT ARE PASSED DOWN GENERATIONS. BUT THERE ARE ALREADY WARNINGS THE TECHNIQUE COULD BE USED FOR SO-CALLED 'DESIGNER BABIES'. MARK HATHAWAY WITH THE STORY. NICOLE MOBERRY HAS A GENETIC DISEASE THAT AFFECTS HER HEART AND PUTS HER LIFE AT RISK. THERE'S A 50/50 CHANCE SHE COULD PASS IT ON IF SHE DECIDES TO HAVE CHILDREN. WE DON'T WANT TO PASS ON SOMETHING THAT CAUSED MY CHILD TO HAVE A LIMITED LIFE OR A PAINFUL LIFE OR A LIFE OF RISK. I MEAN, THAT DOES, OBVIOUSLY, COME TO THE FRONT OF MY MIND WHEN I THINK ABOUT HAVING CHILDREN. BUT NOW KOREAN AND U.S. RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND A WAY TO PREVENT THE CONDITION FROM BEING PASSED TO THE NEXT GENERATION BY USING A TECHNIQUE CALLED CRISPR TO ALTER THE GENETIC CODE OF A HUMAN EMBRYO. YOU KNOW, I'M SITTING HERE AS A GENETICIST, GOBSMACKED THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRECISELY EDITING THE HUMAN GENOME IN THIS MANNER. IT'S A TECHNIQUE THAT COULD LEAD TO THE ERADICATION OF DOZENS OF GENETIC DISEASES. CURRENT IVF TREATMENTS PREVENT SOME HEREDITARY DISEASES BY SCREENING OUT AFFECTED EMBRYOS. THIS NEW TECHNIQUE TAKES IT FURTHER BY REPAIRING THE DAMAGE IN THEM, BUT IT'S STILL A LONG WAY OFF GENERAL USE. THIS STUDY REPRESENTS A START, BUT BY NO MEANS ARE WE NEAR A CLINICAL END POINT WHERE WE CAN SAY WITH CONFIDENCE THAT, ACTUALLY, WE CAN ALTER A PERSON'S GENOME FOR THEIR BENEFIT AND FOR NEGLIGIBLE RISK. ALONG WITH THAT RISK COMES NUMEROUS ETHICAL AND LEGAL HURDLES. CURRENT LEGISLATION IN NZ PROHIBITS IMPLANTING ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN GENETICALLY MODIFIED, SO AT THE MOMENT, NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO HAVE A GENETICALLY EDITED EMBRYO IMPLANTED INSIDE THEM. THE TECHNOLOGY IS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY, SO THESE SORT OF ETHICAL DISCUSSIONS CAN'T HAPPEN QUICKLY ENOUGH, REALLY. THE QUESTIONS ARE WELL-DEFINED, I THINK, AND THE RISKS ARE CERTAINLY CLEAR IN FRONT OF OUR NOSE, AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THEM RIGOROUSLY BEFORE WE TAKE STEPS FORWARD TO INTRODUCE THIS STUFF INTO THE CLINIC. A MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH MAYBE, BUT REAL-WORLD APPLICATION, ESPECIALLY HERE IN NZ, IS STILL SOME WAY OFF. MARK HATHAWAY, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` THE FRIGHTENING NEW RESEARCH WHICH CLAIMS WHOLE COUNTRIES COULD BECOME TOO HOT TO LIVE IN BY NEXT CENTURY. AND A FORMER WORLD CHAMPION BOXER DECIDES HE'S OUT. WHAT HE HAS PLANNED NEXT. So, who wants Nova's great-value energy? Heaps of people. I knocked at Dr Knox and Jock the Lock's. Doc ` check. Jock ` check. Checked the Chuck's Charcoal Chicken? Uh, checked Chuck's Charcoal Chicken Tuesday. Chook ` check. BOTH: Choice. Hey, did you ring at Kings'? Uh, yep. Kings; Keatings; Kipling's Couplings; Werring's Herrings. Rang at Huang's? I rang Huang and the gang. Met Fang. (GROWLS, YAPS) Dang. Let's nip to Nick's Taranaki Knick-Knacks next. (KNOCKS) Knock-knock, Nick. No Nick? Ah! 'Back in a tick.' It's Greg Grover from Nova. CHUCKLES: Oh, don't start that all over. TWO MEN HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN AUSTRALIA WITH TERRORISM OFFENCES OVER A PLOT TO BRING DOWN A COMMERCIAL FLIGHT. THE MEN WERE ARRESTED DURING RAIDS ON SATURDAY IN RELATION TO AN ALLEGED PLOT TO SMUGGLE AN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE ON TO A PLANE BOUND FOR ABU DHABI. IT'S BEEN REPORTED A PASSENGER TRIED TO CHECK IN LUGGAGE CARRYING THE DEVICE AT SYDNEY AIRPORT BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO AS THE BAG WAS TOO HEAVY. ANOTHER MAN IN CUSTODY IS YET TO BE CHARGED. ONE MAN HAS ALREADY BEEN RELEASED. DONALD TRUMP'S FACING A CREDIBILITY CRISIS, WITH CLAIMS THE US PRESIDENT HAS REPEATEDLY LIED ABOUT CONVERSATIONS HE'S HAD. IT COMES AS A NEW IMMIGRATION PLAN HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY THE WHITE HOUSE WHICH COULD HALVE THE NUMBER OF LEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND SPELL THE END OF THE GREEN CARD LOTTERY. CHANNEL 9'S ROBERT PENFOLD HAS MORE. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT'S FOLLOWING THE AUSTRALIAN MODEL OF ATTRACTING SKILLED MIGRANTS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK'S MOST COMPELLING ABOUT THE AUSTRALIAN SYSTEM IS THE EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT IMMIGRANTS ARE FINANCIALLY SELF-SUFFICIENT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PAY FOR THEIR OWN HEALTHCARE. IF PASSED BY CONGRESS, IMMIGRATION NUMBERS WILL DROP IN THE UNITED STATES BY ONE MILLION TO HALF A MILLION A YEAR. ALTHOUGH, ONE OF THE PROPOSED RULES ` NEWCOMERS MUST SPEAK ENGLISH ` IS ALREADY CAUSING CONCERN. ARE WE JUST GONNA BRING IN PEOPLE FROM GREAT BRITAIN AND AUSTRALIA. THIS IS AN AMAZING MOMENT THAT YOU THINK ONLY PEOPLE FROM GREAT BRITAIN OR AUSTRALIA WOULD SPEAK ENGLISH IS SO INSULTING TO MILLIONS OF HARD-WORKING IMMIGRANTS WHO DO SPEAK ENGLISH FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. AS WELL, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TENDENCY TO LIE HAS CAUGHT UP WITH HIM. AFTER THIS SPEECH HE GAVE TO THE BOY SCOUTS,... WE WON FLORIDA. WE WON SOUTH CAROLINA. WE WON NORTH CAROLINA. ...HE SAID THE HEAD OF THE BOY SCOUTS PERSONALLY CALLED HIM TO SAY IT WAS THE GREATEST SPEECH THAT WAS EVER MADE TO THEM. THE BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION SAYS NO, NO ONE FROM THE SCOUT LEADERSHIP CALLED THE WHITE HOUSE. AND THIS IS A LIE TOO. EVEN THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO CALLED ME. THEY SAID THEIR SOUTHERN BORDER, VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE COMING, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET THROUGH OUR BORDER. BUT MEXICO SAYS NO CALL WAS MADE. THE CHORUS THAT THE PRESIDENT LIES IS GROWING LOUDER. THERE WAS TRUMP'S RECENT CLAIM HE DIDN'T HELP HIS SON WRITE A LETTER TO AN INQUIRY ABOUT THE MEETING WITH THE RUSSIANS. THAT IS NOT TRUE. ALSO KNOWN AS... WELL, THAT'S A LIE. SOUTH ASIA COULD BE UNINHABITABLE BY THE NEXT CENTURY DUE TO HEAT AND HUMIDITY DRIVEN BY GLOBAL WARMING, ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY. MOST OF INDIA, PAKISTAN AND BANGLADESH WILL EXPERIENCE TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO THE LIMITS OF SURVIVABILITY BY 2100 UNLESS EMISSIONS ARE REDUCED. THE RESEARCH SAYS 30% WOULD BE EXPOSED TO LETHAL HEAT WAVES. SOUTH ASIA IS HOME TO ONE-FIFTH OF WORLD'S TOTAL POPULATION. A SECOND BODY HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE RUBBLE OF A COLLAPSED SCHOOL BUILDING IN THE US AFTER AN EXPLOSION KILLED A RECEPTIONIST AND INJURED SEVERAL OTHERS. THE BODY WAS FOUND HOURS AFTER THE BLAST AT AN ACADEMY IN MINNEAPOLIS. IT'S THOUGHT TO BE THAT OF THE SCHOOL JANITOR. STUDENTS WERE PLAYING SOCCER AND BASKETBALL WHEN THE BUILDING BLEW UP. IT WAS TRIGGERED WHEN CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ACCIDENTALLY PIERCED A NATURAL GAS LINE. A LIGHT PLANE HAS KILLED TWO SUNBATHERS AS IT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A BEACH IN PORTUGAL. THE AIRCRAFT RAN OVER A 54-YEAR-OLD MAN AND AN 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL AT THE PACKED CAPARICA BEACH. IT'S NOT YET KNOWN WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT BUT THE PLANE'S LEFT WING WAS BROKEN. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER ON BOARD WERE UNINJURED. FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO HAS RETIRED FROM BOXING. THE UKRAINIAN (41) DOMINATED THE HEAVYWEIGHT SCENE FOR A DECADE BUT LOST OUT TO BRIT ANTHONY JOSHUA IN APRIL. TONIGHT HE THANKED HIS FANS FOR ALLOWING HIM TO ACHIEVE EVERYTHING HE EVER DREAMED. I AM HONESTLY DOING THIS WITH GREATEST RESPECT FOR THE NEW CHALLENGERS BUT ALSO WITH TREMENDOUS EXCITEMENT, PASSION, DEDICATION, EXPECTING AND HOPING THAT MY NEXT CAREER, WHICH I'VE ALREADY BEEN PLANNING AND WORKING ON FOR SOME YEARS, WILL BE AT LEAST AS SUCCESSFUL AS MY PREVIOUS ONE. KLITSCHKO WAS 64-5 IN A CAREER THAT BEGAN IN 1996 AFTER WINNING THE OLYMPIC GOLD. IT TURNS OUT HAMILTON WAS JUST THE CHANGE THE RUGBY SEVENS NEEDED, WITH EARLY TICKET SALES FOR 2018 SHOWING THE INTEREST IS BACK. OVER HALF OF THE TICKETS FOR NEW ZEALAND'S LEG OF THE WORLD SERIES HAVE SOLD OUT AFTER ONLY TWO DAYS OF PRESALE. HAMILTON WILL HOST THE TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FEBRUARY AFTER WELLINGTON STRUGGLED TO DRAW CROWDS BACK. ELIZA MCCARTNEY IS CONFIDENT THE ACHILLES TENDON INJURY SHE'S BEEN BATTLING WON'T AFFECT HER PERFORMANCE AT THE WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPS STARTING THIS WEEKEND IN LONDON. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE HER, THE FACT SHE PUSHED THROUGH TO WIN BRONZE IN RIO SHOULD PROVE HER POINT. ABBY WILSON REPORTS. ELIZA MCCARTNEY RARELY STRUGGLES TO FIND SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT, AND EVEN AFTER SIX WEEKS DISRUPTED BY INJURY, SHE'S FOCUSING ON THE POSITIVES. MY ACHILLES HAS DEFINITELY IMPROVED OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. ACTUALLY, IN THE LAST WEEK, IT'S GOTTEN REALLY, REALLY GOOD, SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. LAST MONTH MCCARTNEY WAS FORCED TO WITHDRAW FROM EVENTS AND DIAL DOWN TRAINING, AS SHE BATTLED TO GET A TENDON ISSUE UNDER CONTROL. BUT THE 20-YEAR-OLD ADMITS WHILE SHE'S NOT AT 100%, MISSING HER FIRST WORLD CHAMPS WAS NEVER REALLY AN OPTION. I WANT TO COMPETE. (CHUCKLES) IT'S BEEN EXCITING. I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW. SHE PUSHED THROUGH THE INJURY IN RIO, WITH IMPRESSIVE RESULTS. THE ONLY THING THAT COULD BE AN ISSUE IS THAT I HAVE HAD A LOT OF TIME OFF VAULTING, BUT, I MEAN, I'VE ALSO BEEN VAULTING FOR THE PAST ALMOST SEVEN YEARS, (CHUCKLES) SO I CAN'T REALLY USE THAT AS AN EXCUSE, BECAUSE I'VE GOT ALL THIS OTHER TRAINING BEHIND ME. SPRINTER JOSEPH MILLAR HAS A RECORD-BREAKING SUMMER BEHIND HIM ` SOMETHING HE'S BEEN BUILDING ON IN THE UK. HAVE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A KNEE NIGGLE, WHICH HAS HELD ME BACK SOME DAYS OF THE WEEK, BUT WHEN IT'S NOT THERE, I'M MOVING FASTER THAN I EVER HAVE BEFORE. LINING UP AGAINST THE BEST IN THE WORLD HAS NEVER BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S INTIMIDATED THE 100M AND 200M RUNNER, WHO'S ALREADY PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THE SPORT'S BIGGEST NAME. IF HE'S THERE, I'LL HAVE A YARN. BUT THE FIRST KIWI SPRINTER TO RACE AT THE CHAMPS IN A DECADE ISN'T HERE TO TALK. LONDON'S A VERY FAST TRACK. IT'S ALSO THE MOST COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT I'VE EVER BEEN IN, WHICH SEEMS TO HELP ME STEP UP. SOMETHING HE'LL NEED TO DO IF HE'S TO MAKE ANY IMPRESSION AT HIS FIRST MAJOR EVENT. ABBY WILSON, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` WE'LL HAVE YOUR WEATHER FORECAST AND A REGULAR DAY AT WORK TURNS TERRIFYING WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES. IT'S NOT QUITE THE WORK-DAY JOLT HE NEEDED. A MAN IN THE US CAUGHT ON CAMERA BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. THE 21-YEAR-OLD AIRPORT WORKER WAS STANDING BESIDE A PLANE ON A TARMAC IN FLORIDA WHEN THE BOLT TRAVELLED THROUGH HIS BODY. A STARTLED COLLEAGUE CALLED DESPERATELY FOR HELP BEFORE RUSHING OVER TO THE STRICKEN MAN. HE'S NOW RECOVERING IN HOSPITAL. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY CHELSEA THORESEN AND DESNEY SHAW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.