IT'S MIDDAY. NICE SHOT, TOM! A GOLDEN MOMENT IN LONDON AS A NEW WORLD CHAMPION'S CROWNED. A HUGE TURNOUT AS ONE OF THE GREATS IN SPORT, EDUCATION LIFE IS FAREWELLED. AND SCREEN TIME FOR KIDS ` THE LATEST RESEARCH ON THE CONTENTIOUS SUBJECT. AHI AHI MARIE, GOOD AFTERNOON. BUT FIRST IN NEWS, JUST IN ` THE MAN JAILED FOR THE MURDER OF CHRISTCHURCH SEX WORKER MELLORY MANNING NINE YEARS AGO HAS HAD HIS MURDER CONVICTION QUASHED AND WILL HAVE A NEW TRIAL. MAUHA FAWCETT WAS FOUND GUILTY IN THE HIGH COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH OF MS MANNING'S MURDER AND JAILED IN 2014. THE DECISION WAS MADE AT THE COURT OF APPEAL IN WELLINGTON TODAY. MS MANNING'S DEATH WAS THE THIRD PROSTITUTE MURDER IN THE CITY IN AS MANY YEARS. POLICE ARE ASKING WITNESSES TO COME FORWARD AFTER THE SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A WOMAN IN CHRISTCHURCH OVER THE WEEKEND. POLICE WERE ALERTED TO THE INCIDENT IN AVONHEAD EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. CORDONS REMAIN IN PLACE AT THE SCENE WHERE POLICE ARE GATHERING EVIDENCE. THERE ARE CELEBRATIONS TODAY FOR KIWI SHOT PUTTER TOM WALSH, WHO'S BEEN CROWNED WORLD CHAMPION AT THE ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN LONDON. THE 25-YEAR-OLD FROM TIMARU IS THE FIRST NEW ZEALAND MAN TO WIN A MEDAL AT THE CHAMPIONSHIPS. BUT A NIGGLING INJURY MEANT HE NEARLY DIDN'T COMPETE, AS ABBY WILSON EXPLAINS. THE MOMENT A BUILDER FROM TIMARU BECAME A WORLD CHAMPION. HE UPGRADES FROM HIS BRONZE IN RIO TO GOLD HERE IN LONDON. TO COME OUT THIS YEAR AND REVERSE THAT AND COME FIRST, (LAUGHS) IT'S PRETTY COOL, AND IT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS, NOT ONLY FOR THE LAST YEAR, BUT FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, THE WHOLE TEAM BEHIND ME. TOM WALSH MAKES A BEELINE TO CELEBRATE WITH HIS COACH, DALE STEVENSON. IT'S STILL SINKING IN, TO BE HONEST. WALSH SAVED HIS BEST FOR LAST. HAVING LED FOR MOST OF THE FINAL, HE LOCKED IN THE GOLD WITH HIS ONLY THROW OF THE NIGHT OVER 22M. A HUGE SMILE ON THE BIG MAN'S FACE. IT'S A SMILE THAT PROBABLY WASN'T THERE A FEW DAYS AGO. HIS COACH REVEALED TO 1 NEWS A LATE INJURY THREATENED TO DERAIL HIS CAMPAIGN. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY SCANS ON IT, BUT IT'S A MILD ADDUCTOR STRAIN, BUT IT WAS ENOUGH THAT BASICALLY WE COULDN'T GET THROUGH A THROWING SESSION TWO DAYS AGO. THE 25-YEAR-OLD NOT ONLY FOUGHT THROUGH THE PAIN; HE MANAGED TO BEAT THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS. THAT JUST ADDS A LITTLE BIT OF FLAVOUR TO THE STORY. BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE TO REMEMBER, I THINK. OLYMPIC CHAMPION RYAN CROUSER COULD ONLY MANAGE 21.2 M, FINISHING SIXTH, WHILE DEFENDING WORLD CHAMPION JOE KOVACS WENT OVER 22M, ONLY TO HAVE HIS THROW RED-FLAGGED. HE IS APOPLECTIC WITH RAGE. THE AMERICAN PROTESTED THE FOUL BUT HAD IT THROWN OUT, LEAVING NO DOUBT ABOUT THE NEW WORLD CHAMPION, WHO NOW HOLDS BOTH THE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR TITLES. BEING ABLE TO DEAL WITH IT IN THE WAY THAT HE DID IS JUST TESTAMENT TO THE FACT OF THE KIND OF ATHLETE HE IS. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT PHYSICAL TALENT; TOM'S BIGGEST GIFT IS HIS HONESTY AND HIS SELF-AWARENESS, AND THAT SHOWED OUT TODAY. SHOWING WHEN IT COMES TO THROWS, KIWIS ARE SOME OF THE BEST. ABBY WILSON, 1 NEWS GARETH MORGAN'S OPPORTUNITIES PARTY WANTS TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR LANDLORDS TO EVICT TENANTS. MR MORGAN WANTS NEW ZEALAND TO ADOPT A SIMILAR APPROACH TO GERMANY, WHERE TENANTS CAN ONLY BE KICKED OUT IF THEY OWE MONEY OR THERE'S PROPERTY DAMAGE. HE SAYS IT WOULD MEAN MORE KIWIS WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY COULD STAY IN RENTALS LONG TERM. THE PARTY ALSO WANTS A RENTAL WARRANT OF FITNESS TO BE INTRODUCED. HUNDREDS HAVE TURNED OUT IN AUCKLAND FOR THE FUNERAL OF A HIGHLY RESPECTED EDUCATOR AND FORMER ALL BLACK CAPTAIN. THE SERVICE FOR SIR JOHN GRAHAM IS UNDERWAY AT THE HOLY TRINITY CATHEDRAL. THE 82 YEAR FONDLY REMEMBERED AS A HUSBAND, FATHER AND LEADER WHOSE PASSION TO ACHIEVE TOUCHED MANY LIVES. THE HEADMASTER OF AUCKLAND BOYS GRAMMAR FOR TWO DECADES AND 22 TEST ALL BLACK, WENT ON TO BUSINESS SUCCESS AND FOUNDED PUBLIC POLICY THINK TANK, THE MAXIM INSTITUTE. THE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION'S CALLING FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO BAN ALCOHOL IN SUPERMARKET AISLES. IT SAYS AN INCREASE IN ACCESSIBILITY HAS HELPED NORMALISE A HEAVY DRINKING CULTURE AND CONTRIBUTE TO WIDER SOCIAL ISSUES. NOT ONLY IS IT RIGHT THERE, BUT IT'S RIGHT BESIDE THE MILK; IT'S RIGHT BESIDE THE BREAD. IT MAKES IT A NORMAL PART OF EVERYDAY LIVING, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT DANGEROUS. IF WE COULD SAY ALCOHOL SHOULDN'T BE A NORMAL PART OF YOUR LIFE, IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING EXTRA, SOMETHING SPECIAL, SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT DOING. AND TO PUT IT IN A DIFFERENT PLACE MAKES THAT THOUGHT COME TO FRONT OF MIND. BUT PRIME MINISTER BILL ENGLISH SAYS THE RECOMMENDATION GOES TOO FAR AND A BAN WOULD RUIN IT FOR THOSE WHO DRINK RESPONSIBLY. OVER THE WEEKEND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW ZEALANDERS ENJOYED A SOCIABLE DRINK WITH THEIR FRIENDS ` HAD A BEER WITH THEIR MATES, HAD A WINE. AND BEING ABLE TO GET THAT CONVENIENTLY IS JUST A SENSIBLE PART OF OUR WAY OF LIFE. PART TWO OF THE GOVERNMENT'S INQUIRY INTO THE HAVELOCK NORTH GASTRO OUTBREAK BEGINS IN THE HASTINGS DISTRICT COURT TODAY. ALMOST 14,000 PEOPLE CONTRACTED CAMPYLOBACTER A YEAR AGO AFTER A CONTAMINATION PROBLEM WITH THE TOWN'S WATER SUPPLY. THREE PEOPLE DIED. INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL EXPERTS WILL SPEND THE NEXT FIVE DAYS COMING UP WITH A STRATEGY TO PREVENT A FUTURE OUTBREAK. A SMALL ANTI-GOVERNMENT UPRISING IN VENEZUELA HAS BEEN CRUSHED IN THE CITY OF VALENCIA. A VIDEO RELEASED ONLINE SHOWED A SMALL GROUP OF SOLDIERS ANNOUNCING THEY WERE RISING AGAINST A 'MURDEROUS TYRANNY'. THE LEADER ALSO NAMED ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED IN ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS. THE RULING PARTY LABELLED THE ATTEMPT A 'TERROR ATTACK' AND ARRESTED SEVEN PEOPLE. CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER HAS URGED ITS NEIGHBOUR NORTH KOREA TO STOP MISSILE TESTS IN THE WAKE OF FRESH UN SANCTIONS AGAINST THE ROGUE STATE. HE'S BEEN MEETING WITH US SECRETARY OF STATE REX TILLERSON AT THE ASEAN SUMMIT, WHERE THE DISCUSSION OF PYONGYANG HAS BEEN HIGH ON THE AGENDA. THE BBC'S YOGITA LIMAYE REPORTS. PUTTING ON A UNITED FRONT AT A MEETING OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS IN MANILA. THE US SECRETARY OF STATE REX TILLERSON IS ON A MISSION. AMERICA WANTS MORE COUNTRIES TO ISOLATE NORTH KOREA A DAY AFTER ALL 50 MEMBERS OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL VOTED TO BAN EXPORTS FROM PYONGYANG. THE SWEEPING MEASURES WERE EVEN BACKED BY CHINA ` NORTH KOREA'S ALLY AND TOP TRADE PARTNER. TRANSLATOR: THE CHINESE SIDE URGE THE NORTH KOREANS TO CALMLY HANDLE THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS AND NOT DO ANYTHING ON BENEFICIAL, SUCH AS A MISSILE LAUNCH OR A NUCLEAR TEST. TESTING MISSILES LIKE THIS ONE, WHICH SOME BELIEVE COULD REACH THE US, IS WHAT PROMPTED ACTION AGAINST NORTH KOREA. FOR THE COUNTRY, THE NEW SANCTIONS COULD MEAN A LOSS OF ABOUT $1 BILLION. BUT EXPERTS SAY IT'S UNLIKELY TO DETER THE STATE. THE NORTH KOREANS ARE UNLIKELY TO NEGOTIATE ANYTHING UNTIL THEY WILL HAVE A PROVEN CAPABILITY TO DELIVER A NUCLEAR STRIKE TO THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES. ONCE THEY GET SUCH A CAPABILITY, PROBABLY A FEW YEARS' TIME, THEY ARE PROBABLY GOING TO TALK. IN MANILA, THE US SECRETARY OF STATE COMMEMORATED THOSE WHO DIED IN WORLD WAR II, AND WITH HIS MEETINGS THERE, HE HOPES TO CONTAIN THE THREAT FROM NORTH KOREA. IT'S MAKING AMERICA NERVOUS, BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE NO IMMEDIATE SOLUTION. US VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE HAS SLAMMED CLAIMS HE'S SECRETLY PLOTTING TO TAKE ON HIS BOSS AT THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. IT COMES AFTER A NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE QUOTING 70 REPUBLICAN SOURCES THAT PENCE WAS ACTIVELY PLANNING TO RUN AND IS ALREADY FUNDRAISING. IN A STATEMENT, MR PENCE SAID THE ALLEGATIONS WERE 'DISGRACEFUL, OFFENSIVE AND CATEGORICALLY FALSE'. THE CONTROVERSIAL DOCUMENTARY 'DIANA: IN HER OWN WORDS' HAS AIRED IN THE UK THIS MORNING DESPITE PROTESTS FROM THOSE CLOSE TO THE PRINCESS. THE FILM INCLUDES VIDEOTAPES RECORDED BY HER VOICE COACH DURING SESSIONS TO IMPROVE DIANA'S PUBLIC SPEAKING. IN THEM SHE SHARES INTIMATE DETAILS OF HER LIFE, INCLUDING ABOUT PRINCE CHARLES' EXTRA MARTIAL AFFAIR. MY FATHER IN LAW SAID TO MY HUSBAND, 'IF YOUR MARRIAGE DOESN'T, WORK YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACK TO HER 'AFTER FIVE YEARS,' WHICH IS EXACTLY` FOR REAL, I KNEW THAT IT'D HAPPEN AFTER FIVE YEARS. I KNEW SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING BEFORE THAT, BUT THE FIFTH YEAR, I HAD CONFIRMATION. SO I WENT TO THE TOP LADY, SOBBING, AND I SAID, 'WHAT DO I DO? I'M COMING TO YOU. WHAT DO I DO?' SHE SAID, 'I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD DO' AND THAT WAS IT. THAT WAS HELP? ROYAL CORRESPONDENT ROB JOBSON SAYS DIANA'S VOICE COACH SOLD THE FOOTAGE SO THE BROADCASTER CHANNEL FOUR HAD EVERY RIGHT TO AIR THEM. ONCE HE'S DONE THAT, I THINK, IN MY OPINION AS A JOURNALIST, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO CRITICISE THE FILMMAKERS FOR USING THESE TAPES UNDER LICENSE BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN AIRED, AND YOU CAN'T REALLY PUT HISTORY BACK IN THE BOTTLE. REINFORCEMENTS ARE BEING BROUGHT IN TO HELP TEACH ELEPHANT GAME KEEPERS HOW TO HUNT AND STOP IVORY POACHERS. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FOREST ELEPHANTS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE AFRICAN STATE OF GABON, WHERE 85% OF THE COUNTRY IS COVERED BY DENSE BUSH WHICH HELPS AID THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. THE BBC'S JONATHAN BEALE REPORTS. WE'RE TRAVELLING THROUGH THE SECOND LARGEST RAINFOREST IN THE WORLD, TRYING TO FIND AN ANIMAL WHOSE NUMBERS HAVE DECLINED BY MORE THAN 60% OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS. AND THIS IS ABOUT AS CLOSE AS YOU'LL EVER GET TO THEM. FOREST ELEPHANTS ARE WEARY OF HUMANS. WE HAD TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND STAY SILENT. THIS CLOSE, THEY CAN CHARGE. THEY'RE MUCH SMALLER THAN THE BETTER-KNOWN SAVANNAH ELEPHANT, BUT JUST AS VULNERABLE TO POACHERS, WHO TARGET THEM FOR THE SAME REASON ` THEIR IVORY. THIS IS WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING TO THEM. ANOTHER VICTIM TO THE POACHERS. IT HAD BEEN DEAD FOR WEEKS. JUST THE VALUABLE TUSKS TAKEN, THE REST LEFT TO ROT. TALKING ABOUT ALL GABON, I THINK WE LOST 30,000 ELEPHANTS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS. IT'S A BIG THREAT, IT'S A BIG PROBLEM. IT'S AN IMPORTANT PROBLEM NOW FOR GABONESE ADMINISTRATION. FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'VE BEEN ALLOWED TO FILM THE SMALL TEAM OF UK SOLDIERS WHO ARE HELPING TRAIN GABON'S NATIONAL PARK AGENCY IN THEIR FIGHT TO SAVE THE ELEPHANT. GABON HAS GOT A REAL HIGH DENSITY OF FOREST ELEPHANTS. THAT'S WHY IT'S GOT A POACHING PROBLEM. OUT HERE TRAINING THE GABONESE NATIONAL PARKS AGENCY TO COMBAT THAT, BOTH AT THE TACTICAL AND OPERATIONAL LEVELS, MEANS THAT THE BRITISH ARMY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THAT FIGHT AGAINST THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE. THESE DAYS, THE GREATEST THREAT TO THESE ELEPHANTS IS NOT THE LOCALS, BUT CRIMINAL GANGS WHO OPERATE ACROSS THE BORDER. THEY SHOW NO MERCY. THEY COME, THEY KILL. AND NOW WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE IN SOME OF OUR NATIONAL PARKS, IT'S A WARZONE. AND NOW WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE IN SOME OF OUR NATIONAL PARKS, IT'S A WARZONE. EVEN WITH A GLOBAL BAN ON THE SALE OF IVORY, THERE'S STILL AN ILLEGAL TRADE. AND HIDDEN AWAY IN THESE FORESTS, THESE ELEPHANTS ARE STILL EASY PREY. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` LIMITING SCREEN TIME FOR CHILDREN NEW CALLS THAT LIKEN WATCHING TV, PHONES AND iPADS TO PLYING YOUR KIDS WITH JUNK FOOD. AND NOT MUCH LOVE FOR THE MAN WHO STOLE USAIN BOLT'S THUNDER AT THE WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS. THE AMOUNT OF TIME CHILDREN SPEND IN FRONT OF A SCREEN HAS BEEN COMPARED TO EATING JUNK FOOD BY ENGLAND'S CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER. SHE'S CALLING FOR PARENTS TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEIR CHILDREN SPEND ONLINE, AND GET ACTIVE. BUT LIKE ANYTHING, IT'S ABOUT BALANCE. THE BBC'S TOM BURRIDGE HAS MORE. LET'S HOP AROUND! KIDS AND SCREENS ` IT'S A CONSTANT BATTLE. COVER YOUR EARS! VALME (7) IS OBSESSED BY HIS DAD'S PHONE. ALL I DO IS JUST PLAY VIDEO GAMES ON IT ` A BUNCH OF CRAZY ONES. YOU PLAY A LOT, DON'T FORGET. I DO? DO WE FIGHT SOMETIMES ABOUT THAT? NO. ON AVERAGE, CHILDREN NOW SPEND 15 HOURS A WEEK ONLINE. PARENTS, SAYS THE CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER FOR ENGLAND, SHOULD IMPOSE A LIMIT. WE WOULDN'T LET OUR CHILDREN OUT IN A STRANGE CITY WITHOUT GIVING THEM GUIDANCE AND LOOKING AFTER THEM, AND ACTUALLY, WE SHOULDN'T FOR THEIR DIGITAL WORLD EITHER. SO THIS IS ABOUT EQUIPPING CHILDREN, ABOUT ENABLING TO HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO MANAGE THEIR TIME ONLINE, AND ALSO THAT CONFIDENCE TO SAY NO TO THAT DRAIN AND PRESSURE OF ALWAYS BEING THERE. NEW GUIDELINES, PUBLISHED ONLINE, OF COURSE, COMPARED JUNK FOOD WITH TIME ON THE INTERNET. THE ADVICE IS SIMPLE. JUST AS YOUR CHILDREN SHOULDN'T EAT A CHEESEBURGER AND CHIPS EVERY DAY, THEY SHOULDN'T BINGE ON THEIR PHONES AND THEIR COMPUTERS. THE OBVIOUS ANTIDOTE IS KEEPING KIDS ACTIVE. BUT THE CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONERS CALLING FOR A HEALTHY BALANCE. THE INTERNET IS VITAL FOR LEARNING. IT IS A TRICKY BALANCE, I THINK, BUT I THINK YOU DO NEED TO ENCOURAGE THAT THEY'VE GOT TO GET SOME FRESH AIR; THEY'VE GOT TO GET SOME EXERCISE. NO IPAD AT DINNER TIME AND NO PHONES DURING TIMES WHEN WE ARE SITTING TOGETHER AS FAMILY. IT MEANS WE TALK A LOT MORE. I GET TO KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THEIR SCHOOL. KIDS ONLY KNOW A WORLD WITH SMARTPHONES AND THE INTERNET, SO TIME OFFLINE IS VITAL. AND AS YOU HEARD EARLIER IN THE BULLETIN, NEW ZEALAND'S OWN SHOT PUTTER TOM WALSH HAS WON GOLD AT THE WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN LONDON. ELSEWHERE AT THE COMPETITION THERE'S BEEN CONTROVERSY. AMERICAN SPRINTER JUSTIN GATLIN GETTING A MIXED REACTION AFTER HE BEAT RETIRING LEGEND USAIN BOLT. BBC DAN ROAN EXPLAINS. IT WAS THE SIGHT AND SOUND THAT ATHLETICS HAD FEARED,... JUSTIN GATLAND! (CROWD CHEERS) ...THE AMERICAN TWICE BANNED FOR DRUG OFFENCES CROWNED WORLD CHAMPION OF THE SPORT'S BLUE-RIBAND EVENT. SOME BOOED, SOME APPLAUDED, OTHERS DIDN'T SEEM TO KNOW QUITE HOW TO REACT. INSTEAD, THE CHEERS WERE RESERVED FOR THE MAN THE CROWD HAD BEEN DESPERATE TO SEE WIN IN HIS FINAL INDIVIDUAL RACE. BUT USAIN BOLT HAD TO MAKE DO WITH BRONZE. THE SPRINT SUPERSTAR DENIED THE PERFECT END TO HIS GLITTERING CAREER. GATLAND'S TRIUMPH HAS GONE DOWN BADLY WITH THE WORLD'S MOST SENIOR ANTI-DOPING OFFICIAL. IT'S UNFORTUNATE MAINLY BECAUSE HE WAS A TWO-TIME OFFENDER. IN MANY WAYS I WISH IT HADN'T HAPPENED. BUT IT HAS. AND WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE RULES OF THE GAME. AT THE LAST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BEIJING, THE WORLD BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF WHEN BOLT NARROWLY BEAT GATLAND. BUT TWO YEARS ON, GATLAND'S BECOME ONE OF THE SPORT'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL WINNERS. AND SOME NOW WANT TRACK AND FIELD TO GET TOUGHER. YES, WE SHOULD BE DISGRUNTLED AT PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE RULES, AND GO, 'IT'S TIME FOR CHANGE AND IT'S TIME TO GET SERIOUS.' AND IT'S TIME GO, 'WHEN YOU'RE CAUGHT WITH DRUGS, 'YOU'RE BANNED FOR LIFE.' AND THAT'S THE POINT. THE SHADOW CAST BY CHEATING WELL EXTENDS BEYOND GATLAND. WORLD CHAMPION SERGEY SHUBENKOV IS ONE OF JUST 19 RUSSIANS ALLOWED TO COMPETE HERE, BUT ONLY AS NEUTRAL ATHLETES, BECAUSE THE COUNTRY'S BANNED FOR STATE SPONSORED DOPING. BUT IT'S GATLAND WHO'S ATHLETICS' PANTOMIME VILLAIN. LAST NIGHT, I ASKED GATLAND WHETHER THE SPORT COULD BE PROUD OF ITS NEW 100M CHAMPION. MISTAKES CAN HAPPEN. BUT YOU CAN COME BACK AND WORK HARD FOR THEM. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE ACCEPTED BACK TO A SPORT. ('STAR SPANGLED BANNER' PLAYS) MANY IN THE SPORT HAD HOPED THE JAMAICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM WOULD BE PLAYED HERE TONIGHT. FOR TRACK AND FIELD, THE RETIREMENT OF ITS GREATEST STAR IS PROVING ESPECIALLY PAINFUL. AFTER A HORROR START TO THE YEAR, PENRITH HAVE MOVED INTO THE TOP EIGHT, WITH FOUR ROUNDS REMAINING. AND IT WAS A WIN FOR NATHAN CLEARY OVER DAD IVAN'S WEST TIGERS ` THE 19-YEAR-OLD PLAYING A BIG PART IN THE PANTHERS' 28-14 WIN IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME CROWD. THE RIGHT FOOT OF A 19-YEAR-OLD. NATHAN CLEARY! MANLY HAVE HELPED THE STORM ALL BUT CEMENT THE MINOR PREMIERSHIP WITH A WIN OVER THE SECOND-PLACED ROOSTERS. AFTER TWO TERRIBLE LOSSES AND THEIR SEASON HANGING IN THE BALANCE, MANLY NEEDED TO PULL A MIRACLE OUT OF THE BAG, AND DID. FINAL SCORE 36-18. ALL WHITES STRIKER CHRIS WOOD HAS STARTED THE ENGLISH FOOTBALL SEASON IN FINE FORM, TAKING HIS LEEDS UNITED TO A 3-2 WIN OVER BOLTON WANDERERS. WOOD SCORED IN THE 30TH MINUTE WITH THIS HEADER TO PUT LEEDS 2-0 UP. IT COMES OFF THE BACK OF A SOLID 30-GOAL TALLY LAST SEASON WHICH HAS EARNED HIM SOME INTEREST FROM OTHER ENGLISH CLUBS LIKE EPL NEWCOMERS, BRIGHTON. ARSENAL'S WON THE FIRST SILVERWARE OF THE SEASON, BEATING CHELSEA 4-1 ON PENALTIES IN THE COMMUNITY SHIELD AT WEMBLEY. THE GAME WAS TIED 1-1 AT FULL TIME, BUT PREMIERE LEAGUE CHAMPION CHELSEA HAD BEEN REDUCED TO 10 MEN. THE BBC'S DAVID ORNSTEIN EXPLAINS. IN A SPORT SO OFTEN DIVIDED, THE RARE SIGHT OF RIVALS UNITED. THIS YEAR'S COMMUNITY SHIELD IS DEDICATED TO THE GRENFELL TOWER DISASTER. MANY OF THOSE AFFECTED WERE IN ATTENDANCE. ALL OF THE VICTIMS WERE HONOURED IN SILENCE. A REPEAT OF MAY'S FA CUP FINAL, ARSENAL PICKED UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF. RECORD SIGNING ALEXANDRE LACAZETTE WAS SO CLOSE TO OPENING HIS ACCOUNT. SLOWLY, CHELSEA SHOWED GLIMPSES OF THE FORM THAT LED THEM TO THE LEAGUE TITLE. A CONTENTIOUS DECISION SAW WILLIAN BOOKED FOR DIVING INSTEAD OF RECEIVING A PENALTY. BUT THERE WAS NO DOUBT ABOUT THE EFFORT BY VICTOR MOSES THAT PUT THE BLUES AHEAD STRAIGHT AFTER HALFTIME. THEY STAYED AHEAD THANKS TO THE REFLEXES OF THIBAUT COURTOIS. THOUGH AFTER PEDRO WAS SENT OFF FOR A CHALLENGE THAT SUGGESTED THE GAME WAS A FRIENDLY ONLY IN NAME, ARSENAL TOOK IMMEDIATE ADVANTAGE. ANOTHER SUMMER ACQUISITION, SEAD KOLASINAC, LEVELLING THE SCORES. (CHEERING) SPOT KICKS WOULD BE NEEDED, AND IT WAS CHELSEA WHO BLINKED FIRST ` COURTOIS AND THEN THEIR OWN RECORD-SIGNING, ALVARO MORATA, MISSING THE TARGET. IT LEFT OLIVIER GIROUD TO SEAL VICTORY FOR ARSENAL. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. SURF'S UP FOR THESE FOUR-LEGGED WATER BABIES. BUT WHO WILL BE TOP DOG? YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORY. TOM WALSH IS NEW ZEALAND'S LATEST WORLD CHAMPION, WITH A GOLD IN THE SHOT PUT AT THE WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN LONDON. MAUHA FAWCETT, THE MAN JAILED FOR THE MURDER OF CHRISTCHURCH SEX WORKER MELLORY MANNING NINE YEARS AGO, HAS HAD HIS MURDER CONVICTION QUASHED AND WILL HAVE A NEW TRIAL. NOW TO THE WEATHER. CLEAR SKIES IN THE DEEP SOUTH. FINE WITH HIGH CLOUD. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ BEFORE WE GO, WE'VE JUST TIME TO SHOW YOU SOME SUPER-SPORTY WATER-LOVING DOGS COMPETING AT A SURFING CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE US. HERE'S THE ABC'S JANAI NORMAN. OF THE LEASH AND ON THE BEACH ` A BUNCH OF HOUNDS HIT THE WAVES ALONG THE SANDY SHORES OF SAN FRANCISCO. (APPLAUSE, CHEERING) THE THEME OF THE DAY ` HANGING TEN WITH MAN'S BEST FRIEND FOR THE ANNUAL WORLD DOG SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS. HE WAS JUST RIDING A GREAT WAVE. THE DOGS WERE SCORED BY HOW LONG THEY RODE, HOW BIG THE WAVE, CONFIDENCE; AND THOSE TRICKS ` A BONUS. (UPBEAT MUSIC) (CROWD CHEER) YOU KNOW WHAT, THE BETTER SURFER AMONG THE TWO OF US HAS GOT TO BE ABBY. BUT IT WAS NO WALK IN THE PARK FOR THESE POOCHES ON SURFBOARDS. THE COMPETITION WAS STIFF. ONCE HE'S ON THAT BOARD, HE'S VERY SERIOUS AND VERY COMPETITIVE, LOVES THE APPLAUSE. THERE IS A GOOD RIVALRY AMONG ALL THE MEDIUM DOGS. EVEN IN THE DOG-EAT-DOG SURFING COMPETITION, THAT RIVALRY SOMETIMES TURNS INTO TEAMWORK. (CROWD CHEER, SCREAM) IT'S ALWAYS A FUN THING TO WATCH WHEN THESE IMPROMPTU TANDEM SESSIONS HAPPEN. BUT IN THE END THERE COULD ONLY BE ONE TOP DOG. NUMBER ONE... ABBY! (CROWD CHEER) THAT'S YOUR MIDDAY NEWS FOR MONDAY. THANKS WATCHING. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY FLORENCE S. FOURNIER AND GLENNA CASALME CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.