IT'S MIDDAY. TURMOIL INSIDE THE GREEN PARTY. TWO MEMBERS QUIT IN PROTEST AT METIRIA TUREI'S REFUSAL TO STEP DOWN, SO WILL THE CO-LEADER RESIGN? FORGET THE BIOLOGY OF THE BIRDS AND THE BEES. WELLINGTON TEENS ARE PUSHING FOR BETTER SEX EDUCATION AT HIGH SCHOOLS. AND A LATE NIGHT ARRIVAL DIDN'T PUT OFF HUNDREDS OF CRUSADERS FROM WELCOMING THE CHAMPIONS BACK TO THE GARDEN CITY. AHI AHI MARIE. GOOD AFTERNOON. FIRST ON MIDDAY ` WHO SAYS POLITICS IS BORING? ANOTHER PARTY IS TODAY IN DAMAGE CONTROL WITH JUST OVER SIX WEEKS UNTIL THE ELECTION. THIS TIME IT'S THE GREENS, FOLLOWING THE NEWS THAT TWO LONG-SERVING MPS HAVE RESIGNED OVER CO-LEADER METIRIA TUREI'S REFUSAL TO STEP DOWN AFTER HER ADMISSIONS OF BENEFIT AND ELECTORAL FRAUD. THE GREENS ARE MEETING AT PARLIAMENT RIGHT NOW. WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT IN A MINUTE, BUT FIRST HERE'S LAURA TWYMAN WITH THIS MORNING'S REACTION. THE GREEN'S REBEL MPS TAKING THEIR FIRST STEPS IN PARLIAMENT THIS MORNING. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW DAY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO INFLAME THINGS. WE NEED TO BE COOL, CALM AND DIGNIFIED. ACCUSED OF THROWING THEIR PARTY UNDER THE BUS. I DON'T ACCEPT THAT INTERPRETATION OF IT. THE PAIR LAST NIGHT ANNOUNCED THEIR DECISION TO STEP DOWN AS LIST MPS, SAYING THEY CAN'T CONTINUE TO SUPPORT METIRIA TUREI AS THE GREEN PARTY'S CO-LEADER. I MADE MY DECISION ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON THAT I COULDN'T SEE MYSELF HONESTLY STANDING AS A CANDIDATE. OVER THE WEEKEND, I CONSIDERED THAT VIEW, TALKED TO PEOPLE I KNOW, AND WE MADE OUR ANNOUNCEMENT. AND THEY'RE NOT AFRAID OF THE CONSEQUENCES. I CAN HANDLE LIFE AS IT COMES. GREEN'S CO-LEADER JAMES SHAW LAST NIGHT EXPRESSED HE FEELS BETRAYED. THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO GO ABOUT IT IS STRONGLY IN VIOLATION OF EVERY GREEN PARTY NORM, CULTURE AND PROCESS THAT WE HAVE. BUT THIS MORNING DETERMINED TO LOOK BEYOND THIS SETBACK. POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE BEEN THROUGH TURMOIL BEFORE AND COME OUT THE OTHER SIDE. WE'LL GET THROUGH IT, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO FOCUSING ON THE CAMPAIGN IN THE WEEKS TO COMES. OTHERS IN THE PARTY STANDING WITH HIM. WHAT I'M HEARING FROM VOTERS IS THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED BY THE GREENS' POSITION IN THIS CAMPAIGN. WE'RE THE ONES TAKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANT ISSUES. WE'VE STILL GOT A LEADER. IM STANDING RIGHT BESIDE THE LEADER WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW. WE'VE GOT A STRONG GROUND CAMPAIGN. THE PARTY WASN'T PLANNING ON THIS, BUT WE STILL HAVE AN ELECTION TO FIGHT. MEANWHILE, THE MOU BETWEEN THE GREENS AND LABOUR REMAINS. JACINDA ARDERN CERTAIN WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THEIR COALITION PARTNER WON'T HURT HER PARTY. MY FOCUS IS MAKING SURE LABOUR IS IN THE STRONGEST POSITION POSSIBLE. THAT IS WHAT WILL BE MY FOCUS OVER THE NEXT SEVEN WEEKS. WE WILL CAMPAIGN AS OUR OWN PARTY. THE GREENS WILL CAMPAIGN AS THE GREEN PARTY. AND THEY'RE ADAMANT THEY'LL GET ON WITH THAT ` AS SOON AS THEY FIND A RESOLUTION THIS MORNING. LAURA TWYMAN, 1 NEWS. LET'S CROSS LIVE NOW TO POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN IN WELLINGTON. SO, CORIN, HAS THERE BEEN A RESOLUTION THIS MORNING? THIS MEETING HAS GONE ON FOR THREE HOURS IT MAY BE THAT THE MEETING HAS WOUND UP THERE WILL BE PLENTY TO TALK ABOUT METIRIA TUREI WILL AT SOME POINT FRONT THE MEDIA IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO CERTAINLY BEFORE 2PM WE ARE EXPECTING KENEDY GRAHAM TO HAVE BEEN SUSPE3NDED FROM THE CAUCUS THEY MAY CHOOSE TO SHUFFLE OFF FOR A BIT THE GREENS ARE IN CRISIS THIS IS DISASTROUS SEVEN WEEKS OUT FROM THE ELECTION THE PARTY LEADERS WILL HAVE TO STEP IN TO DO DAMAGE CONTROL THANKS, CORIN. AND PRIME MINISTER BILL ENGLISH HAS WADED INTO THE ISSUE. HE SAYS THE PRESSURE COULD START TO MOUNT ON METIRIA TUREI. LABOUR AND GREENS ARE JOINED AT THE HIP, AND I IMAGINE IT'S A REAL CONCERN. IT LOOKS LIKE WITH THE TURMOIL ON THE LEFT, LABOUR MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE A VIEW ABOUT METIRIA TUREI. LOOK, IF SOMEONE IN OUR CAUCUS WAS IN THAT SITUATION, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT OUR CAUCUS, AND CERTAINLY I WOULD WANT THEM NOT TO BE IN OUR CAUCUS. BUT THIS METIRIA TUREI SITUATION IS A MATTER FOR THE GREENS. WE LOOK AFTER OUR CAUCUS AND HOW OUR PEOPLE BEHAVE, HOW WE BEHAVE, NO ONE'S PERFECT BUT THIS IS TURNING INTO QUITE A MESS. A GROUP OF TEENAGERS WILL RALLY AT PARLIAMENT THIS AFTERNOON TO PUSH FOR BETTER SEX EDUCATION IN HIGH SCHOOLS. THEY WANT THE CURRICULUM CHANGED TO FOCUS ON HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, CONSENT AND INCLUDE EDUCATION AROUND GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ISSUES. THEY WILL PRESENT A PETITION WITH OVER 5000 SIGNATURES. ONE OF THE STUDENTS LEADING THE CAMPAIGN SAYS TOO OFTEN SHE HEARS OF AND WANTS MORE EDUCATION AROUND RAPE CULTURE TO BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS. IT'S KIND OF BECOMING WHERE WE JUST ASSUME THAT IF WE WEAR THIS, OR IF WE LOOK LIKE THIS, THAT WE'RE GONNA GET CAT-CALLED OR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA GET UNWANTED ATTENTION ON THE STREET. AND THAT'S VERY DISTRESSING TO THINK THAT WE ARE STARTING TO FEEL LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS SO NORMAL, WHEN IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD EVER, NEVER BE NORMALISED IN ANY SOCIETY. AN 18-YEAR-OLD WOMAN HAS APPEARED IN COURT THIS MORNING CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF A CHRISTCHURCH WOMAN. ALICIA NATHAN (32) WAS FOUND DEAD IN THE CHRISTCHURCH SUBURB OF AVONHEAD EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. HER ALLEGED KILLER'S HEARING WAS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC DUE TO SECURITY CONCERNS. SHE'S BEEN REMANDED IN CUSTODY AND WILL REAPPEAR IN THE HIGH COURT LATER THIS MONTH. A NEW SEARCH PHASE IS UNDERWAY AS THE INVESTIGATION INTO MISSING CHRISTCHURCH MAN MICHAEL MCGRATH CONTINUES. POLICE ARE FOCUSING ON ELLESMERE, LINCOLN AND HALSWELL AREAS AS WELL AS THOROUGHLY SEARCHING THE KATE VALLEY LANDFILL FOR ANY EVIDENCE. THE 49-YEAR-OLD BUILDER WAS LAST SEEN IN MAY. THE TRAIN TRACK FROM PICTON TO CHRISTCHURCH IS FINALLY COMPLETE, MARKING A MAJOR MILESTONE IN THE KAIKOURA EARTHQUAKE REBUILD. 90 WORKERS ATTENDED A GATHERING THIS MORNING, WHERE THE FINAL TRACKS WERE WELDED. AROUND 12KM OF TRACK'S BEEN REBUILT AFTER IT WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED IN LAST YEAR'S QUAKE, REPAIRING A MAJOR FREIGHT ROUTE FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND. NORTH KOREA SAYS IT WILL NOT GIVE UP ON IT'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS AND SAYS THE US WILL PAY THE PRICE FOR THE LATEST UN SANCTIONS SLAPPED ON PYONGYANG FOR ITS TESTS OF INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES. THE BBC'S RUPERT WINGFIELD HAYES REPORTS FROM SOUTH KOREA. FROM ACROSS THE BORDER TONIGHT ` FRESH THREATS. NORTH KOREAN STATE TV WARNING THE US IT WILL PAY A THOUSAND TIMES FOR ITS CRIME OF IMPOSING NEW ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON PYONGYANG. MEETING IN MANILA WITH CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER, THE US SECRETARY OF STATE AGAIN CALLED ON PYONGYANG TO RETURN TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE. THE BEST SIGNAL THAT NORTH KOREA COULD GIVE US THAT THEY'RE PREPARED TO TALK WOULD BE TO STOP THESE MISSILE LAUNCHES. HERE IN SOUTH KOREA AT THE 51ST FIGHTER WING, THEY CONTINUE TO HOPE FOR THE BEST, WHILE PREPARING FOR THE WORST. EVERYBODY HERE THAT WE'VE SPOKEN TO AGREES THAT ANOTHER CONFLICT ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA WOULD BE AN UTTER DISASTER FOR EVERYBODY, THAT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WOULD DIE. BUT THEY ALSO SAY THE BEST WAY OF STOPPING IT HAPPENING IS TO BE READY. AND THAT'S WHY THESE GUYS PRACTISE AND PRACTISE AND PRACTISE, SO THAT KIM JONG-UN KNOWS IF HE TRIES TO ATTACK THE SOUTH, THERE WILL BE AN OVERWHELMING AND IMMEDIATE RESPONSE. I HOPE THAT NORTH KOREA CALCULATES CORRECTLY AND REALISES THAT, SO, OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE ON THIS SIDE, AND I BELIEVE NORTH KOREA DOES AS WELL, NO ONE WANTS WAR. I THINK EVERYONE WANTS DETERRENCE TO WORK. SHOULD DETERRENCE FAIL THOUGH, WE HAVE TO BE READY TO GO. AS THESE 8-10S ROLL DOWN THE RUNWAY FOR ANOTHER PRACTICE-FLIGHT, THEY'RE JUST 48 MILES FROM THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER. IN SOUTH KOREA, THE ENEMY IS NEVER FAR AWAY. AROUND 300 FAMILIES HAVE ESCAPED WHAT'S BEING CALLED A JOINT ATTACK BY TALIBAN AND ISIS FIGHTERS IN AFGHANISTAN. AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE DIED, INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN, IN THE ATTACK IN THE NORTHERN PROVINCE OF SARI PUL. SURVIVORS TOOK REFUGE IN A NEARBY CITY, WITH MANY STILL BELIEVED TO BE TRAPPED IN THE VILLAGE. THE ALL BLACK'S FORMER SECURITY CONSULTANT IS BACK IN COURT IN SYDNEY TODAY. ADRIAN GARD IS AT THE CENTRE OF THE BLEDISLOE CUP BUGGING SCANDAL. HE FACES CHARGES OF MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT TO POLICE AFTER A LISTENING DEVICE WAS FOUND IN A MEETING ROOM AHEAD OF LAST YEAR'S TEST. GARD HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY. HE'D BEEN WORKING FOR THE ALL BLACKS FOR 10 YEARS. SAME SEX MARRIAGE HAS HIT ANOTHER ROADBLOCK ACROSS THE TASMAN. MALCOLM TURNBULL'S RULING LIBERAL PARTY HAS REJECTED A BILL BY ONE OF THEIR OWN MPs TO MAKE SAME SEX MARRIAGE LEGAL BUT ALLOW CELEBRANTS TO REFUSE TO MARRY WHOEVER THEY WISHED. THE GOVERNMENT HAS OPTED TO STICK WITH THE POLICY OF PUTTING THE ISSUE TO A REFERENDUM. HOWEVER, THAT WON'T HAPPEN ANY TIME SOON. AFTER THE PROPOSAL TO HOLD A NATIONAL VOTE WAS BLOCKED IN THE SENATE IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR. THERE'S SOMETHING SINISTER LURKING IN THE WATERS OF MELBOURNE'S POPULAR BRIGHTON BEACH. AN AUSTRALIAN TEENAGER WAS WADING IN THE SHALLOWS WHEN HUNDREDS OF WHAT ARE BELIEVED TO BE 'SEA LICE' STARTED EATING AT HIS LEGS. THE ABC'S GLORIA KALACHE HAS MORE. SAM KANIZAY WAS DOING WHAT HE ALWAYS DOES ON A SATURDAY EVENING AFTER A FOOTY MATCH ` ICING HIS LEGS AT THE DENDY STREET BEACH IN BRIGHTON. BUT AS HE EMERGED FROM THE WATER, THE 16-YEAR-OLD NOTICED SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT. BY THE TIME I'D WALKED ACROSS THE SAND ABOUT 20 METRES TO PUT MY THONGS ON, I LOOKED DOWN AND NOTICED THAT I HAD BLOOD ALL OVER MY ANKLES. HIS LEGS WOULDN'T STOP BLEEDING, SO HIS PARENTS TOOK HIM STRAIGHT TO HOSPITAL. THEY HADN'T SEEN IT, SO IT WAS QUITE UNUSUAL. SO THEN THEY JUST MOVED INTO TREATMENT MODE TO GET HIM COMFORTABLE. BY THAT STAGE, IT WAS STARTING TO GET A BIT MORE PAINFUL, COS THE NUMBNESS HAD WORN OFF FROM THE ICY WATER. WHILE MEDICAL STAFF WERE BAFFLED BY WHAT HAD CAUSED SUCH A BLOODY MESS, SAM'S DAD TRIED TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY HIMSELF. HE HEADED DOWN TO THE BEACH THE NEXT DAY WITH A POOL NET AND SOME MEAT. AND THIS IS WHAT HE FOUND. AND THESE GUYS CLEARLY LOVE RED MEAT. MARINE BIOLOGIST JEFF WEIR SAYS HE WAS THE VICTIM OF A SIMILAR ATTACK BACK IN 1978 AT PORTSEA PIER AND BELIEVES THE CULPRITS ARE THESE TINY PRAWN-LIKE CRUSTACEANS CALLED AMPHIPODS. WE COLLECTIVELY OFTEN REFER TO THEM AS SEA LICE, BUT THEY'RE THE ONES THAT IF THERE'S A DEAD FISH ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA THEY'LL COME ALONG AND CLEAN IT UP. THEY'RE MORE ACTIVE AT NIGHT AND ARE OFTEN ATTRACTED TO BRIGHT LIGHTS. THEY LOOK LIKE HARMLESS CREATURES THAT YOU'D HAVE IN A FISH TANK AT HOME. SAM'S MOTHER, JANE KANIZAY, SAYS THEY WANTED TO WARN OTHERS. I WOULDN'T STAND STILL FOR 30 MINUTES AT THAT TIME OF THE EVENING. YEAH, MAYBE DON'T GO ICING YOUR FEET THERE ANY TIME SOON. A PAINFUL WARNING ABOUT WHAT REALLY LIES BENEATH. A PARTIAL ECLIPSE HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD. THIS IMAGE SHOWS THE ECLIPSE OVER AN ANCIENT GREEK TEMPLE IN ATHENS. AN ECLIPSE OCCURS WHEN THE EARTH PASSES BETWEEN THE SUN AND THE MOON, CASTING A SHADOW. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` A WOMAN'S TERRIFYING ORDEAL KIDNAPPED, HELD CAPTIVE SO SHE'D BE AUCTIONED ONLINE. A BRITISH MODEL TELLS HER HARROWING STORY OF SURVIVAL. AND THE SUPER RUGBY CHAMPIONS ARRIVE HOME TO A HEROES WELCOME. SO WHAT'S IN STORE TODAY? WELCOME BACK. IT'S THE BIZARRE CASE OF A BRITISH MODEL WHO WAS ABDUCTED AND HELD FOR RANSOM IN ITALY. 20 YEAR OLD CHLOE AYLING IS NOW HOME SAFE IN THE UK, WHERE IT'S BEEN REVEALED SHE WAS ATTACKED AND DRUGGED BEFORE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO AUCTION HER OFF ONLINE. THE BBC'S GAVIN LEE REPORTS. HELD CAPTIVE INSIDE THIS ISOLATED ITALIAN FARMHOUSE. THE BIZARRE AND ELABORATE KIDNAP ALLEGATIONS CENTRES ON HOW CHLOE AYLING (20) FROM SOUTH LONDON WAS DUPED INTO LEAVING THE UK FOR A PHOTO SHOOT IN MILAN. ONCE INSIDE THIS FAKE STUDIO, SHE'S SAID TO HAVE BEEN SNATCHED BY THREE MEN AND INJECTED WITH A DRUG KETAMINE. UNCONSCIOUS, SHE WAS BUNDLED INTO THIS BAG, PLACED IN THE BOOT OF A CAR AND DRIVEN AWAY. THREE WEEKS AGO, CHLOE AYLING FINALLY FLED HER CAPTORS, BUT STAYED IN ITALY TO HELP INVESTIGATORS. SHE'S BACK IN THE UK, AND THE DETAILS ARE ONLY NOW COMING TO LIGHT. I'VE BEEN THROUGH A TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE. I FEARED FOR MY LIFE SECOND BY SECOND, MINUTE BY MINUTE, HOUR BY HOUR. I AM INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO THE ITALIAN AND UK AUTHORITIES FOR ALL THEY HAVE DONE TO SECURE MY SAFE RELEASE. ITALIAN AUTHORITIES SAY SHE WAS FREED AFTER BEING DRIVEN TO THE BRITISH CONSULATE IN MILAN BY THIS MAN, LUKASZ HERBA, A POLISH NATIONAL LIVING IN THE WEST MIDLANDS, NOW CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING AND EXTORTION OFFENCES. BUT THERE ARE CONFLICTING REPORTS ABOUT THIS CASE ` WHY CHLOE WAS SEEN SHOPPING WITH HER CAPTOR BEFORE SHE WAS FREED. SHE WAS TOLD THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE SOLD TO SOMEBODY IN THE MIDDLE EAST FOR SEX. SHE WAS TOLD THAT PEOPLE WERE THERE WATCHING HER AND READY TO KILL HER IF SHE TRIED ANYTHING. SO SHE THOUGHT THAT THE BEST IDEA WAS TO GO ALONG WITH IT AND TO BE NICE, IN A WAY, TO HER CAPTOR. MILAN, THE WORLD'S FASHION CAPITAL, HAS ALWAYS BEEN A DRAW FOR ASPIRING MODELS. UNSCRUPULOUS AGENTS ARE NOT UNCOMMON. THOUGH, THIS RARE CASE HAS SHOCKED AND BAFFLED ITALIAN AND BRITISH POLICE, NOW WORKING TO PIECE TOGETHER EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. TO SPORT, AND KIWI SHOT PUTTER TOM WALSH HAS RECEIVED HIS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GOLD MEDAL, BUT THERE'S STILL DEBATE RAGING OVER THE OUTCOME OF YESTERDAY'S FINAL. WALSH BECAME THE FIRST NEW ZEALAND MALE TO WIN A MEDAL AT THE EVENT AND ONE OF JUST THREE KIWIS TO CLAIM GOLD. BUT MOMENTS BEFORE THE PRESENTATION, OLYMPIC CHAMPION RYAN CROUSER LODGED A PROTEST OVER A FOUL HE WAS GIVEN FOR HIS THIRD ATTEMPT. A THROW WHICH AT 22.31 METRES WOULD HAVE SNATCHED GOLD OFF WALSH. WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THE DISCUSSIONS TO BE HELD AROUND THAT. AND AGAIN THEY DISMISSED THE APPEAL. WE'RE BEING ADVISED NOW THAT THE AMERICANS STILL WANT TO PURSUE THAT APPEAL, WHICH IS QUITE UNUSUAL FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW. STRAIGHT AFTER YESTERDAY'S FINAL, TWO APPEALS WERE LAUNCHED BY THE AMERICANS, CROUSER AND JOE KOVACS. BOTH WERE DISMISSED AT THE TIME. ATHLETICS NEW ZEALAND BELIEVES ANOTHER APPEAL CAN ONLY BE HEARD IF THERE'S CONCLUSIVE NEW EVIDENCE. AND IN TODAY'S ACTION, KIWI SPRINTER JOSEPH MILLAR, IN THE INSIDE LANE, WAS UNABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE PACE IN HIS 200 METRE HEAT. HE FINISHED 0.6 OF A SECOND OFF THE TIME WHICH WON HIM A NATIONAL TITLE EARLIER THIS YEAR AND WON'T PROGRESS TO THE NEXT ROUND. AFTER NEARLY A DECADE, THE CRUSADERS ARE ONCE AGAIN SUPER RUGBY CHAMPIONS. THE TEAM TOUCHING DOWN IN CHRISTCHURCH AROUND MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT AFTER THEIR 25-17 WIN OVER THE LIONS ON THE WEEKEND, AND THERE WAITING ` A SEA OF LOYAL FANS. BEN MEINUNG-THOMPSON REPORTS. (CHEERING) THE WELCOME OF CHAMPIONS. AND WHILE IT MAY HAVE BEEN PAST THE BED TIME FOR MANY CANTANBRIANS, THE 11PM ARRIVAL CERTAINLY DIDN'T PUT-OFF THE HUNDREDS OF CRUSADERS' FANS WELCOMING THEIR SUPER RUGBY CHAMPIONS HEROES HOME LAST NIGHT. YEAH, IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME, AND HOPEFULLY MORE TO COME. IT'S FANTASTIC. I'VE BEEN AT WANAKA WITH SO MANY HIGHLANDERS FANS, AND THEY'VE BEEN GIVING ME SO MUCH CRAP OVER THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS, SO IT'S ACTUALLY GOOD TO GET SOMETHING BACK. IT'S AWESOME THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT AND SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT. WE COULDN'T GET A HOME FINAL FOR THEM, BUT IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO BRING THE TROPHY BACK TO SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE HAPPY TO SEE IT. IT'S THE EIGHTH TIME THE RED AND BLACKS HAVE SECURED THE TITLE, BUT NOT SOMETHING THE PEOPLE OF CHRISTCHURCH HAVE SEEN SINCE THE QUAKES. THE TEAM MORE THAN HAPPY TO PUT AN END TO THE NINE-YEAR DROUGHT. IT HAS BEEN A WHILE. BOYS BEEN TRYING PRETTY HARD TOO FOR A LONG TIME TO GET OUR HANDS ON THAT TROPHY, SO PRETTY SATISFYING TO HAVE A LOOK AT IT NOW. YEAH, IT IS A BIT EMOTIONAL. BEEN SO CLOSE, BUT CLOSE ISN'T GOOD-ENOUGH IN A FINAL. BUT I THINK WE WERE PRETTY CLEARLY ONE OF THE FORM SIDES OF THE WHOLE COMP, WHICH GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER THERE AND DO ONE OF THE GREATEST FINALS OF ALL TIME. A FITTING FINALE FOR THE SIDE THAT'S ONLY LOST ONE MATCH ALL COMPETITION. TO BE ABLE TO BRING IT BACK, IT'S UNREAL. IT HASN'T QUITE SUNKEN IN, BUT IT'S SOMETHING I'LL REMEMBER FOREVER. THE TEAM WILL BE TAKING TO THE STREETS OF CHRISTCHURCH AT 4PM TODAY FOR PLENTY MORE SCENES LIKE THIS. BEN MEINUNG-THOMPSON, 1 NEWS. ENGLAND HAVE WRAPPED UP THEIR HOME TEST CRICKET SERIES AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA WITH AN IMPRESSIVE 177 RUN WIN IN TEST FOUR. ENGLAND SETTING SOUTH AFRICA A TARGET OF 379 WHICH WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE TOO DIFFICULT FOR THE PROTEAS TO CHASE. MOEEN ALI TAKING 5 WICKETS IN THE MATCH AND FINISHING OFF THE TAIL TO TAKE TAKE MATCH. YEAH! AND THERE IT IS. ALI PICKS UP HIS FIFTH WICKET. FIVE FOR 69. THE HOSTS TAKING OUT THE SERIES THREE WINS TO ONE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` YOUR WEATHER DETAILS. I CAN TELL YOU IT'S GREY AND WET .. DON'T YOU WISH YOU WERE ON HOLIDAY? THESE WORLD LEADERS ARE. SO WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE THEY? YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST A RECAP OF OUR TOP STORIES ON MIDDAY ` THE GREEN PARTY CO-LEADERS ARE EXPECTED TO FRONT THE MEDIA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS, AFTER THEY WERE LOCKED IN A MEETING THIS MORNING OVER TWO LONG-SERVING MPS STEPPING DOWN. THEY SAY THEY CAN'T CONTINUE TO SUPPORT METIRIA TUREI AFTER HER ADMISSIONS OF BENEFIT AND ELECTORAL FRAUD. IN AROUND 20 MINUTES' TIME, A GROUP OF TEENAGERS WILL RALLY AT PARLIAMENT TO PUSH FOR BETTER SEX EDUCATION IN HIGH SCHOOLS. THEY WANT THE CURRICULUM CHANGED TO FOCUS ON HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, CONSENT PLUS INCLUDE EDUCATION AROUND GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ISSUES. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ NOW FOR SOME GOOD NEWS. A SET OF RARE AND CRITICALLY ENDANGERED WHITE LION QUINTUPLETS ARE STILL IN GOOD HEALTH AFTER BEING BORN IN MAY AT A ZOO IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC. ROUND-THE-CLOCK CARE FROM KEEPERS HAVE KEPT THE ONE MALE AND FOUR FEMALES IN GOOD SHAPE. WHITE LIONS ARE GENETICALLY RARE, WITH LESS THAN 13 BELIEVED TO LIVE IN THE WILD AND 300 IN CAPTIVITY. BEFORE WE GO ` EVER WONDERED WHERE WORLD LEADERS GO ON HOLIDAY? MANY OF THEM ARE ON VACATION IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. THE ABC'S MOLLY HUNTER TRACKED THEM DOWN. IS THERE NO END TO THIS MAN'S SKILLS? (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) HE SNORKELS, HE FISHES, HE SUNBATHES, AND HE DOES IT ALL BARE-CHESTED. THE RUSSIAN STRONGMAN IS ON VACATION IN SIBERIA. HERE HE IS SPEARFISHING IN A CAMOUFLAGE WETSUIT ` VICTORIOUS WITH HIS PRIZE. EVERYONE HAVING A GOOD TIME? MEANWHILE, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLOBE ` HIS NEMESIS. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ON VACATION AT A GOLF CLUB IN NEW JERSEY. (CROWD CHEERS) CRASHING A WEDDING, NO CAMOUFLAGE WETSUITS IN SIGHT. IT'S SUMMERTIME AND EVEN WORLD LEADERS ARE OFF THE CLOCK. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY STROLLING IN NORTHERN ITALY. GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL, A CREATURE OF HABIT AND THRIFT, HIKING WITH HER HUSBAND IN THE SAME OUTFIT SHE WEARS EVERY YEAR ON VACATION. IN CANADA, THE HEART-THROB OF THE GROUP, PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU AND HIS WIFE KAYAKING. HERE, TAKING A LITTLE UNPLANNED DIP IN THAT CHILLY WATER. AND NEW FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON ESCHEWED THE GLITZ OF THE FRENCH RIVIERA FOR A MORE VIRTUOUS CHOICE. VISITING A CHARITY FOR KIDS WHO CAN'T AFFORD SUMMER VACATION. THANKS FOR WATCHING. ENJOY YOUR TUESDAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY FLORENCE S. FOURNIER AND ANTONY VLUG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.