TONIGHT ` TWO GREEN MPs QUIT OVER METIRIA TUREI'S DECISION TO STAY ON AS CO-LEADER. THE PARTY HAS REACTED STRONGLY. IT BECAME APPARENT QUICKLY THAT THIS CAREER HAS COME TO AN APRUPT END. SO, TOMORROW MORNING AT OUR CAUCUS MEETING, I'LL BE MOVING A MOTION TO SUSPEND BOTH OF THEM FROM THE GREEN PARTY CAUCUS, AND I'LL BE SPEAKING TO THE EXECUTIVE ABOUT THEIR MEMBERSHIP OF THE GREEN PARTY AND ABOUT FORMALLY REMOVING THEM FROM THE GREEN PARTY LIST IMMEDIATELY. SO, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE GREENS' CAMPAIGN GOING FORWARD? JAMES SHAW ADMITTED THAT IT'S MESSY. HE APOLOGISED TO PARTY MEMBERS FOR THE FIASCO. HE DIDN'T ADMIT THEY'RE IN MELTDOWN. BUT THIS WHOLE SITUATION HAS HOVELLED THEM. TUREI HAS LOST TWO MP'S. SHE'S LOST THE MORAL HIGH GROUND. SHE'S PROBABLY LOST PERCENTAGE POINTS AS WELL. THE PARTY WON'T ADMIT TO IT BEING A CRISIS. THANKS, ANDREA. THE FAMILY OF A CHRISTCHURCH WOMAN WHO WAS BRUTALLY MURDERED ARE DISAPPOINTED HER ALLEGED KILLER'S CONVICTION HAS BEEN QUASHED. MAUHA FAWCETT HAD BEEN SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN JAIL OVER THE DEATH OF SEX WORKER MALLORY MANNING IN 2008, BUT WILL NOW FACE A RETRIAL. SAM CLARKE HAS DETAILS AND REACTION. FOR THE MURDER OF MISS MELLORY MANNING, MR FAWCETT, YOU ARE SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT. IT'S A LIFE SENTENCE WHICH HASN'T LASTED LONG. JUST THREE YEARS ON, THE MAN CONVICTED OF MELLORY MANNING'S MURDER HAS BEEN GRANTED A RETRIAL. FROM THE OUTSET, HIS POSITION WAS THAT HE WAS NOT GUILTY, AND WE NOW HAVE THE RESULT WHEREBY WE HAVE AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THERE'S BEEN A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE, AND THE CONVICTION'S BEEN OVERTURNED. WE'RE PROBABLY QUITE DISAPPOINTED, BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN, NOT SURPRISED. HER FAMILY IS FORCED ONCE AGAIN TO FACE THE HORROR OF MELLORY'S MURDER. EVERY TIME IT'S BOUGHT UP, ESPECIALLY MY MOTHER FINDS IT, YOU KNOW, INCREDIBLY TOUGH. IN DECEMBER 2008 THE BODY OF MELLORY MANNING WAS FOUND STRANGLED, STABBED, RAPED AND BEATEN. IT TOOK POLICE FOUR YEARS TO CHARGE MAUHA FAWCETT WITH HER MURDER, AND IN 2014 HE WAS CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON. THE FORMER MONGREL MOB PROSPECT WAS TODAY GRANTED ANOTHER CHANCE TO PLEAD HIS CASE. POLICE HAD ALWAYS MAINTAINED THAT OTHERS WERE INVOLVED. THERE COULD HARDLY BE A CLEARER CASE OF A MURDER COMMITTED WITH A HIGHER LEVEL OF BRUTALITY, CRUELTY, DEPRAVITY AND CALLOUSNESS THAN THE CASE WHICH IS BEFORE ME. MELLORY'S BODY WAS FOUND HERE IN THE AVON RIVER NINE YEARS AGO, BUT WITH TODAY'S RULING, IT MEANS NOW NO ONE IS BEING HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR HER MURDER. THE PANEL OF THREE JUDGES HAVE SUPPRESSED THE REASON WHY THE RETRIAL HAS BEEN ORDERED. THEY SAY IT'D COMPROMISE A FAIR TRIAL. BEEN PRETTY TOUGH ` I MEAN, IT, OBVIOUSLY, GETS BROUGHT UP IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY YEAR OR SO, BUT, YOU KNOW, OUR MAIN FOCUS IS TO ACTUALLY GET ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED. FAWCETT'S SET TO APPEAR AGAIN IN THE CHRISTCHURCH HIGH COURT NEXT MONTH. SAM CLARKE, 1 NEWS. POLICE HAVE CHARGED AN 18-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WITH MURDER FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A WOMAN IN CHRISTCHURCH OVER THE WEEKEND. POLICE WERE CALLED TO AN ADDRESS IN AVONHEAD EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING, WHERE ALICIA NATHAN (32) WAS ALLEGEDLY KILLED. CORDONS REMAIN IN PLACE AT THE SCENE AS POLICE GATHER EVIDENCE. THE ACCUSED WILL APPEAR IN COURT TOMORROW. THE BLEDISLOE BUGGING SCANDAL HAS HIT COURT, WITH THE ALL BLACK'S FORMER SECURITY CONSULTANT AT THE CENTRE OF IT. ADRIAN GARD IS CHARGED WITH MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT TO POLICE AFTER A LISTENING DEVICE WAS FOUND IN A MEETING ROOM AHEAD OF LAST YEAR'S TEST. CHANNEL NINE'S DAMIAN RYAN REPORTS. HE'S BEEN HIRED MUSCLE FOR STARS LIKE PARIS HILTON AND BILL CLINTON, BUT TODAY BODYGUARD ADRIAN GARD FOUND HIMSELF IN THE SPOTLIGHT. SINCE 2005, GARD HAS LOOKED AFTER THE ALL-CONQUERING ALL BLACKS. AND LAST YEAR IN PREPARATION FOR A CLASH WITH THE WALLABIES, HE ORGANISED A SWEEP FOR BUGGING DEVICES AT THE TEAM HOTEL IN DOUBLE BAY. LO AND BEHOLD, A LISTENING DEVICE WAS FOUND IN A TEAM MEETING ROOM, HIDDEN INSIDE THIS CHAIR, WHICH WAS CARRIED INTO COURT TODAY. THE ALL BLACKS' MANAGER, DARREN SHAND, GAVE EVIDENCE VIA VIDEO LINK AND SAID IT WAS... ...WHEN GARD TOLD HIM ABOUT THE DISCOVERY. POLICE HAD A SIMILAR VIEW ONCE THEY WERE EVENTUALLY CALLED TO INVESTIGATE. AFTER A FEW MONTHS, GARD WAS CHARGED WITH MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT, THAT BEING THAT HE FOUND THE LISTENING DEVICE. THE THEORY IS HE WAS THE ONE WHO PLANTED IT. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THE DAMAGE HAD BEEN DONE. ON THE MORNING OF THE TEST MATCH, THE STORY OF THE BUGGING SCANDAL BROKE, AND IMMEDIATELY, THE ALL BLACKS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS WERE ALL BUT POINTING THE FINGER AT THE WALLABIES. AT THE TIME, A FURIOUS COACH, MICHAEL CHEIKA SAID IT WAS A MAJOR DISTRACTION, AND THEY ENDED UP LOSING THE GAME 42-8. TODAY HIS ALL BLACK COUNTERPART, STEVE HANSEN, WAS STANDING BY HIS SECURITY GUARD. YEP. YEP. AND HE'S ALSO STICKING WITH THE DOUBLE BAY HOTEL. IT WILL BE THEIR BASE AGAIN NEXT WEEK FOR TAKING ON THE WALLABIES. WINSTON PETERS HAS ONE CONDITION IF HE'S TO BE THE KEY TO FORMING A NEW GOVERNMENT. HE WANTS A REFERENDUM ON ABOLISHING MAORI SEATS IN PARLIAMENT. BUT IT SEEMS HE HASN'T GOT THE SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC. OUR LATEST COLMAR BRUNTON POLL SHOWS THE MAJORITY OF KIWIS WANT TO HANG ON TO THE SEATS. SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR NEW ZEALAND FIRST POST-ELECTION? POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN REPORTS. SPECIAL DUTIES FOR WINSTON PETERS TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT ` IT'S REALLY AN ENORMOUS PRIVILEGE. HANDING OVER A NEW DUTCH WAR MEDAL TO A WWII VET (94) LIVING IN NORTHLAND. IT'S A VERY SPECIAL EVENT. OH. YEAH. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR PETERS, FOR THAT HONOUR. THE NZ FIRST LEADER IS BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT AFTER AN EXTRAORDINARY WEEK IN POLITICS DOMINATED BY JACINDA MANIA,... HA! I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT, BUT THEN AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY FRIENDS IN THE MEDIA. ...BUT WHILE THE NEW LABOUR LEADER'S HOGGING THE HEADLINES FOR NOW, POLLS STILL SHOW IT'S WINSTON PETERS WHO'S LIKELY TO BE KING- OR QUEEN-MAKER COME SEPTEMBER 24TH. WE'VE ALWAYS SAID OUR PREFERENCE IS CURRENT COALITION PARTNERS. WE DON'T RULE OUT NZ FIRST. WE'VE GOT SEVEN WEEKS TO GO, AND I THINK ANYTHING, AT THIS STAGE, COULD HAPPEN. JUST THREE WEEKS AGO WINSTON PETERS LAID OUT ONE KEY CONDITION TO WIN HIS SUPPORT AFTER THE ELECTION ` A REFERENDUM ON KEEPING THE MAORI SEATS IN PARLIAMENT. SO WE ASKED KIWIS IN OUR RECENT 1 NEWS-COLMAR BRUNTON POLL WHAT THEIR VIEW WAS ON THE MAORI SEATS. I'M PRETTY BUOYED BY THAT. I THINK THAT IT ENDORSES THE NOTION I'M PRETTY BUOYED BY THAT. I THINK THAT IT ENDORSES THE NOTION THAT NZERS SEE SOME VALUE IN THOSE SEATS ` NUMBER ONE ` REJECTS THE NOTION THAT IS BEING PROPAGATED BY MR PETERS. BUT WINSTON PETERS IS UNDETERRED. THE MMP PROMISE WAS THAT IN TIME IT WOULD DEMONSTRATE THERE WAS NO NEED FOR MAORI SEATS, AND TODAY WE'VE GOT ABOUT 24%. SO WILL THE MAJOR PARTIES AGREE TO MR PETERS' DEMANDS? OUR POSITION IS THAT THE MAORI SEATS HAVE A PLACE IN THE NZ ELECTORAL SYSTEM; THEY'RE IMPORTANT. THERE'S NO REASON AT THIS POINT FOR THEM TO GO. WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY POSITIONS UNTIL THE VOTERS HAVE HAD THEIR SAY. THE JACINDA EFFECT MAY HAVE TEMPORARILY, AT LEAST, CONSIGNED WINSTON PETERS TO A BACKSEAT ROLE IN THIS CAMPAIGN, BUT YOU CAN BET HE WON'T STAY THERE FOR LONG. THE PRIME MINISTER IS REMAINING TIGHT-LIPPED OVER PRIVATE TEXT MESSAGES THAT HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN LEAKED TO WINSTON PETERS. PETERS CLAIMS TO HAVE EVIDENCE BILL ENGLISH SENT 450 TEXTS IN ONE YEAR TO HIS FORMER ELECTORATE STAFFER GLENYS DICKSON, WHO WAS AT THE CENTRE OF THE TODD BARCLAY SCANDAL. MR ENGLISH DIDN'T DENY THE TEXTS BUT SAID HE'S NOT PARTICULARLY CONCERNED. WELL, LOOK, I'M IN COMMUNICATION WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, RANGING FROM FAMILY MEMBERS TO PEOPLE I USED TO WORK WITH TO PEOPLE I'M WORKING WITH NOW. YOU KNOW, I DON'T COUNT UP WHO'S TEXTED WHAT WHERE ` I JUST COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY TO ACHIEVE WHAT I WANT TO ACHIEVE. GLENYS DICKSON WORKED FOR BILL ENGLISH FOR WELL OVER 20 YEARS BEFORE SHE LEFT HER ROLE UNDER TODD BARCLAY OVER ALLEGATIONS HE SECRETLY RECORDED HER. NEW DOCUMENTS HAVE CONFIRMED WHAT MANY RENTERS HAVE LONG SUSPECTED ` RENT IS GOING UP FASTER THAN WAGES. THE FIGURES RELEASED TO 1 NEWS SHOW HOUSING COSTS OUTPACE GROWTH IN INCOME, AND IT'S THOSE EARNING THE LEAST THAT HAVE BEEN HIT THE HARDEST. POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE EXPLAINS. SINGLE MUM HELEN MAWHINNEY PAYS OVER HALF HER WEEKLY INCOME TO HER LANDLORD. IT IS A GAME OF CATCH-UP, AND WE'RE NEVER ACTUALLY GONNA CATCH UP, ARE WE? AND SHE'S NOT ALONE IN STRUGGLING ` 50% OF THOSE RECEIVING THE ACCOMMODATION SUPPLEMENT SPEND MORE THAN HALF THEIR INCOME ON RENT. THAT'S ACCORDING TO BUSINESS MINISTRY ANALYSIS PREPARED FOR THE GOVERNMENT. ONCE YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT TAX CHANGES AND BENEFIT CHANGES THAT, ACTUALLY, INCOMES ARE GROWING FASTER. I DON'T BUY THAT AT ALL. (CHUCKLES) NO. THE REPORT SHOWS AVERAGE RENTS INCREASED FASTER THAN AVERAGE WAGES BETWEEN 2000 AND 2016. UNDER LABOUR BETWEEN 2000 AND 2008, RENTS WENT UP BY 50%, WHILE RENTS INCREASED BY 37%. THEN UNDER NATIONAL, RENTS ROSE BY ONLY 31%, BUT AVERAGE INCOMES ONLY WENT UP BY 24%. NZ HAS SOME OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF HOMELESSNESS AND ALSO THE WORST RATES OF HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IN THE ENTIRE WORLD, AND SO IT'S ABSOLUTELY NO SURPRISE, BUT IT IS A TRAGEDY. FOR OPPOSITION PARTIES, THE WORRYING TREND IS AMONG THOSE AT THE BOTTOM END OF THE INCOME SCALE. FOR THOSE EARNING $924 A WEEK OR LESS, THEIR RENTS WENT UP BY 27% BETWEEN 2008 AND 2016. THEIR WAGES INCREASED BY ONLY 22%. THINGS COULD BE SO DIFFERENT IF WE WERE BUILDING MORE STATE HOUSES, IF WE WERE BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOMES. WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THESE REALLY TERRIBLE NUMBERS. WELL, WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT IT. THAT IS WHY WE PUT TOGETHER THE BUDGET PACKAGE FOR FAMILY INCOMES. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ASKED OFFICIALS FOR MORE ANALYSIS ON THE IMPACT OF RISING RENTS ON LOW-INCOME EARNERS. I WANNA BE ABLE TO, I DUNNO, TAKE MY SON TO THE ZOO IF I FEEL LIKE IT, BUT I JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT. ANDREA VANCE, 1 NEWS. NZ HAS A NEW SHOT PUT STAR. TOM WALSH TODAY BECAME THE FIRST EVER KIWI MALE TO CLAIM A WORLD ATHLETICS CROWN. THE 25-YEAR-OLD FROM TIMARU SNATCHED GOLD AT THE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN LONDON. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT EMMA KEELING HAS THE HISTORIC MOMENT. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HE DOES HERE; HE IS THE WORLD CHAMPION. WITH GOLD ALREADY IN THE BAG, TOM WALSH WASN'T DONE YET. OH YES! LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE HIS BEST PUT OF THE NIGHT. THE BIG MAN'S BEAMING SMILE SAID IT ALL. WORLD CHAMPION ` SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED. IT'S JUST HAPPINESS, AND YOU'RE JUST SO PROUD OF YOURSELF. THE 25-YEAR-OLD'S HISTORIC VICTORY SPARKED CELEBRATION AMONG LOVED ONES, WHO CREDIT DETERMINATION AND SELF-BELIEF FOR THE 25-YEAR-OLD'S SUCCESS. I'VE DEFINITELY NOTICED THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF, HE'S BEEN VERY FOCUSED ON THE COMPETITION. HE'S BEEN QUITE VAGUE. (CHUCKLES) NOT REALLY WITH IT. SOMETIMES I JUST WANT TO SHAKE HIM. HE DID A LAP OF HONOUR, AND I CRIED, AND I NEVER CRY. (BOTH CHUCKLE) BECAUSE I'M HARD. THERE'S PRIDE TOO HALF A WORLD AWAY IN CHRISTCHURCH, THOUGH THERE'S SOME RIBBING IN STORE FROM WORKMATES WHO SAY THEY WERE CARRYING ON WHILE THE SHOT PUT KING WAS KEEPING CALM. WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO TREAT HIM ANY DIFFERENTLY ON-SITE, THAT'S FOR SURE. YEAH. PROBABLY GIVE HIM MORE SHIT NOW THAT HE'S A WORLD CHAMP, FOR SURE. BACK IN LONDON, THE WHOLE THING'S STILL SINKING IN. IT'S JUST HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S HAPPENED. YOU ALWAYS HOPE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT TOM SAID IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, AND IT DID HAPPEN. I'D DONE THAT MUCH HARD WORK THAT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE IT A CRACK AND GIVE IT MY BEST SHOT. THAT'S TRADEMARK TOM, SAY THOSE WHO KNOW HIM. HE'S NEVER CALLED IN SICK, NEVER TURNED UP LATE. HE'S ALWAYS PUNCTUAL AND BANG ON TIME. I SUPPOSE THAT REFLECTS IN HIS RESULTS. AN INSPIRATION TO A NEW GENERATION WHO CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT TOM WALSH DOES NEXT. GO, TOM! EMMA KEELING, 1 NEWS, LONDON. JUST AHEAD ` TAYLOR SWIFT ALLEGES SHE WAS GROPED BY A DJ. SO WHY IS HE THE ONE SUING HER? PLUS ` THE ALL BLACK COACH NAMES HIS SQUAD. WE LOOK AT WHO'S IN AND WHO DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT. NORTH KOREA HAS VOWED THOUSANDS-FOLD REVENGE AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OVER TOUGH NEW SANCTIONS. PYONGYANG CALLED THE UN SANCTIONS IMPOSED TWO DAYS AGO A "VIOLENT VIOLATION" OF ITS SOVEREIGNTY. IT'S ALSO REJECTED AN OFFER OF TALKS WITH SOUTH KOREA, SAYING THE PROPOSAL IS INSINCERE. THE ROGUE STATE HAS RECENTLY LAUNCHED BALLISTIC MISSILES CAPABLE OF REACHING PARTS OF AMERICA. A SEARCH IS UNDERWAY IN VENEZUELA FOR 10 MEN WHO ESCAPED AFTER AN ATTACK ON A MILITARY BASE THAT LEFT TWO PEOPLE DEAD. AUTHORITIES SAY SEVEN PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AFTER ATTEMPTING TO LAUNCH AN UPRISING AGAINST THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT, NICOLAS MADURO. THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN EMBROILED IN PROTESTS SINCE APRIL. A VIDEO RELEASED ONLINE SHOWED A SMALL GROUP OF SOLDIERS SAYING THEY WERE RISING AGAINST A "MURDEROUS TYRANNY". SHE ACCUSED A RADIO DJ OF GROPING HER, BUT NOW TAYLOR SWIFT'S THE ONE BEING SUED. THE DJ CLAIMS THE SINGER GOT HIM FIRED OVER THE INCIDENT AND IS ASKING FOR MILLIONS. THE ABC'S EVA PILGRIM HAS MORE. # EVERY DAY IS LIKE A BATTLE... # TONIGHT MUSIC SUPERSTAR TAYLOR SWIFT PREPARES FOR A COURTROOM SHOWDOWN IN DENVER WITH THE FORMER RADIO DJ SHE SAYS ASSAULTED HER. # TOUCHIN' HIM WAS LIKE... # SWIFT CLAIMS FORMER KYGO RADIO DJ DAVID MUELLER... POTENTIAL KEY EVIDENCE ` THIS PHOTO OBTAINED BY TMZ. THE SUPERSTAR SAYS... SWIFT HERSELF IS EXPECTED TO TAKE THE STAND. SHE'S VERY SURE ABOUT BEING A VICTIM OF THIS GROPING, AND SHE WANTS TO PROVE THAT SHE HAS NOT FABRICATED THIS. BUT IN COURT DOCUMENTS AND A RADIO INTERVIEW LAST YEAR, MUELLER DENIES HE GROPED SWIFT. MUELLER IS SUING SWIFT IN FEDERAL CIVIL COURT FOR... ...CLAIMING THE SINGER'S REPS PRESSURED THE RADIO STATION TO FIRE HIM. SWIFT IS COUNTERSUING FOR ASSAULT AND BATTERY. HE HAS TO PROVE THAT TAYLOR SWIFT EITHER NEGLIGENTLY AND/OR INTENTIONALLY WANTED HIM FIRED. # WHEREVER, # I JUST WANNA KEEP CALLIN' YOUR NAME UNTIL YOU COME BACK. # THE GRAMMY WINNER IS EXPECTED TO TAKE THE STAND IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SPORT NOW, AND IT'S THE LAST THING JULIAN SAVEA WOULD'VE WANTED FOR A 27TH BIRTHDAY PRESENT. HE'S BEEN DROPPED FROM THE ALL BLACKS FOR THE UPCOMING RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP CAMPAIGN. THE BOTTLENECK IN THE OUTSIDE BACKS AND SAVEA'S MIXED FORM HAS BEEN COSTLY IN THE END. ANDREW SAVILLE WITH MORE. DURING HIS ALL BLACKS TENURE, STEVE HANSON AND HIS SELECTORS HAVE PROVED THEY CAN MAKE SOME TOUGH CALLS. ANYBODY THAT HAS PLAYED FOR THE ALL BLACKS OR IS DESPERATE TO GET IN THE ALL BLACKS AND HADN'T BEEN GIVEN TIME IN THE GROUP IS GOING TO BE DISAPPOINTED. AFTER 54 TESTS AND 46 TRIES, JUST THREE SHORT OF THE ALL BLACKS RECORD, JULIAN SAVEA WILL BE DISAPPOINTED. BUT HIS AXING ISN'T A COMPLETE SHOCK. SAVEA MISSED THE FIRST TWO LIONS TESTS BACK IN JUNE. BUT TO BE LEFT OUT OF A SQUAD COMPLETELY IS NEW. WE'VE ORGANISED TO TALK TO HIM AGAIN LATER IN THE WEEK, WHERE HE'LL BE A BIT BETTER READY TO HEAR THE MESSAGES, AND THERE'S SOME GOOD MESSAGES TO GIVE HIM. THE DOOR CERTAINLY ISN'T SHUT, BUT SAVEA'S OUSTING MEANS THERE'S ROOM FOR THE RESURGENT NEHE MILNER-SKUDDER. BACK FROM A SERIES OF INJURIES, HE HASN'T PLAYED A TEST SINCE THE 2015 CUP FINAL. FOLLOWING TIGHTHEAD PROP DEPARTURES, THE CHIEFS' NEPO LAULALA RETURNS AFTER HIS DEBUT TWO YEARS AGO. OWEN FRANKS AND HIS ACHILLES TROUBLE WILL BE MANAGED, WITH YOUNG CHIEFS PROP ATU MOLI BEING USED AS AN APPRENTICE. A PREDICTABLE AND STRONG LOOK FOR THE TESTS AHEAD, WITH LITTLE OR NO NEW INJURY CONCERNS. IT'S BEEN A BLESSING SINCE THE LIONS SERIES EVERYONE'S STAYED HEALTHY. FOR JULIAN SAVEA, HE FACES A CAMPAIGN AHEAD FOR WELLINGTON IN PROVINCIAL RUGBY AND THE CHALLENGE OF TRYING TO RETURN TO THE ALL BLACKS. MAGIC SHOOTER MONICA FAULKNER AND PULSE MIDCOURTER WHITNEY SOUNESS ARE SET TO MAKE THEIR SILVER FERNS DEBUT IN THE UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL NETBALL SEASON. THE 21-YEAR-OLDS WERE ANNOUNCED IN JANINE SOUTHBY'S 16-STRONG SQUAD TODAY. SOUNESS HAS BEEN NAMED IN THE TEAM TO PLAY THE QUAD SERIES AT THE END OF THE MONTH, WHILE FAULKNER IS IN THE LINE-UP FOR THE TAINI JAMIESON TROPHY AGAINST ENGLAND. IT STILL HASN'T ACTUALLY SUNK IN JUST YET. I'M REALLY OVERWHELMED, AND, KINDA, EMOTIONS ARE EVERYWHERE, BUT REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HAPPY. FAULKNER BOOSTED HER SELECTION CHANCES THANKS TO A STRONG DEBUT SEASON WITH THE MAGIC AND SUCCESSFUL UNDER-21 CAMPAIGN AT THE WORLD YOUTH CUP. WE ACTUALLY HAD HER IN SILVER FERNS TRIALS LAST YEAR AS WELL, AS A TRAINING PARTNER, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, SHE'S JUST GOT SOMETHING A BIT DIFFERENT, AND, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, SHE JUST WANTS TO SHOOT. THE SQUAD GOES INTO CAMP NEXT WEEK AHEAD OF THEIR QUAD SERIES OPENER IN BRISBANE IN JUST OVER A FORTNIGHT. JUST AHEAD ` WE CHECK OUT WHAT'S IN STORE WEATHER-WISE. AND HOW A QUICK OCEAN SWIM TURNED INTO SOMETHING OUT OF A HORROR STORY FOR THIS AUSSIE TEEN. AND APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE FOR ANY NIGHTMARES THIS NEXT STORY GIVES YOU. A MELBOURNE TEEN HAS BEEN ATTACKED BY FLESH-MUNCHING MICROSCOPIC SEA MONSTERS. SAM KANIZAY (16) WAS TAKING AN OCEAN SWIM WHEN HUNDREDS OF WHAT ARE BELIEVED TO BE 'SEA LICE' STARTED EATING HIS LEGS. THE TEEN WAS RUSHED TO HOSPITAL BLEEDING PROFUSELY THROUGH PIN-SIZED HOLES. WITH HIS SON ON THE MEND ` AND HOSPITAL STAFF STILL BAFFLED ` SAM'S DAD LATER RETURNED TO THE BEACH TO CATCH A SAMPLE OF THE CREATURES, LURING HUNDREDS OF THE BUGS INTO A TRAY WITH RAW MEAT. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH SKRILLEX AND POO BEAR. (SKRILLEX & POO BEAR'S 'WOULD YOU EVER') FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND MADISON BATTEN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017.