TONIGHT ` IN MAJOR DAMAGE CONTROL. THE TWO MPs WHO QUIT THE GREENS SAY THEY HAVE NO REGRETS. OTHERS RALLY AROUND METIRIA TUREI. TWO STUDENTS TAKE THEIR FIGHT TO PARLIAMENT, WANTING BETTER SEX EDUCATION IN HIGH SCHOOLS. HE'S ON THE TOP OF THE PODIUM, BUT WHO TRIED TO STOP TOM WALSH FROM CLAIMING HIS GOLD MEDAL? THEY'RE NOW OFFICIALLY OUT. TWO ROGUE GREEN PARTY MPs HAVE WITHDRAWN FROM CAUCUS AFTER THEY THREATENED TO WALK OVER METIRIA TUREI'S BENEFIT TURMOIL. BUT THE PARTY IS NOW IN DAMAGE MODE, MAKING A STRONG SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR THE EMBATTLED CO-LEADER AS SHE STANDS HER GROUND. SO WHAT'S BEEN THE RESPONSE FROM THE PARTY'S POTENTIAL COALITION PARTNER? BRIAR WELLS HAS REACTION. (SING IN MAORI) STANDING TOGETHER. THE GREENS ADAMANT THEY'RE STILL A UNITED PARTY. THEIR CO-LEADER REMAINED STEADFAST. I KNOW THAT I HAVE THE SUPPORT OF MY PARTY, AND I KNOW I HAVE THE SUPPORT OF MY CAUCUS AS I WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE ELECTION DAY. METIRIA TUREI'S REFUSAL TO RESIGN AFTER ADMITTING BENEFIT AND ELECTORAL FRAUD PROMPTED TWO LONG-SERVING MPs TO WALK AWAY. UNDER THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP, WE COULDN'T FEEL OURSELVES COMMITTING TO PARTICIPATING IN A CAMPAIGN. KENNEDY GRAHAM AND DAVID CLENDON FORMALLY WITHDRAWING FROM THE CAUCUS THIS MORNING. YOU MAKE YOUR STANCE. YOU MAKE YOUR BEST JUDGEMENTS AS YOU CAN. YOU MAKE PEACE WITH YOUR OWN CONSCIENCE, AND I CAN SLEEP AT NIGHT. I DID THINK THAT THE WAY THEY HAD GONE ABOUT THEIR DECISION TO PULL OUT WAS INCREDIBLY DISRUPTIVE, AND IT DIDN'T LIVE UP TO OUR NORMAL VALUES AND PROCESSES. OTHER MEMBERS REAFFIRMED THEIR LOYALTY TO METIRIA TUREI. WE'VE STILL GOT A LEADER. I'M STANDING RIGHT BESIDE THE LEADER WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW. I ABSOLUTELY STAND BY METIRIA TUREI. BUT IS SHE STILL BEING BACKED BY THE GREENS POST-ELECTION ALLY? THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE FOR ME OR LABOUR. IT'S AN ISSUE FOR THE GREENS. LABOUR'S LEADER DODGING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER SHE THINKS MS TUREI SHOULD STAND DOWN. PUTTING SOME DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES, DESPITE AN AGREEMENT TO WORK TOGETHER. LABOUR DEALT WITH ITS OWN LEADERSHIP ISSUES, AND I EXPECT EVERY OTHER PARTY, INCLUDING THE GREENS, TO DEAL WITH ITS OWN LEADERSHIP ISSUES. LABOUR AND THE GREENS ARE JOINED AT THE HIP, AND I IMAGINE IT'S A REAL CONCERN, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WITH THE TURMOIL ON THE LEFT, LABOUR MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE A VIEW ABOUT METIRIA TUREI. KENNEDY GRAHAM AND DAVID CLENDON WILL STAY ON AS MPs UNTIL THE ELECTION. I WISH THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO CHOOSE ANOTHER PATH AND STAY WITH US. BUT THEY WON'T TAKE PART IN CAMPAIGNING FOR A PARTY NOW IN DAMAGE CONTROL. (SING IN MAORI) BRIAR WELLS, 1 NEWS. AND THE PARTY HAS JUST LOST ANOTHER MEMBER FOR SEPTEMBER'S ELECTION. SUSANNE RUTHVEN IS WITHDRAWING AS A CANDIDATE FOR HUTT SOUTH AFTER TAKING A JOB AT A GOVERNMENT AGENCY. GREENS CO-LEADER JAMES SHAW SAYS IT HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RECENT CONTROVERSY AND HAS DENIED SUGGESTIONS A DEAL WAS DONE WITH LABOUR TO MAKE THE CAMPAIGN EASIER FOR ITS CANDIDATE IN THE AREA, GINNY ANDERSEN. POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A MAN IN RELATION TO A SHOOTING THAT LEFT TWO WOMEN AND A MAN DEAD AT A HOUSE IN NORTHLAND TWO WEEKS AGO. THE 61-YEAR-OLD MAN FACES A NUMBER OF CHARGES, INCLUDING SUPPLYING QUINN PATTERSON, THE ALLEGED SHOOTER, WITH FIREARMS. PATTERSON DID NOT HAVE A GUN LICENCE AND WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN DEEPLY DEPRESSED WHEN HE SHOT THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WHO'D COME TO HIS WHANGAREI HOME TO DO AN INSPECTION. POLICE SAY FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE SHOOTINGS ARE CONTINUING. AN INVESTIGATION'S UNDERWAY AFTER A TEENAGE GIRL WAS FORGOTTEN AND LEFT ALONE AFTERHOURS AT THIS OFFICE OF THE MINISTRY OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN TAKAPUNA, ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE. THE MINISTRY SAYS IT'S COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED SIX WEEKS AGO WHEN A 14-YEAR-OLD FELL ASLEEP IN ONE OF THE ROOMS. CLEANERS FOUND HER IN THE EVENING AND CALLED POLICE. BOTH MEDICAL STAFF AND PATIENTS ARE SUFFERING IN DUNEDIN AS THE DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD UNDER DELIVERS ON ITS PROMISES. THE CITY'S HOSPITAL'S IN NEED OF AN UPGRADE AND LONG-WAITING LISTS ARE FRUSTRATING LOCALS IN WHAT'S SHAPING UP TO BE A MAJOR ELECTION ISSUE FOR SOUTHERN VOTERS. MARK HATHAWAY REPORTS. KATHRYN MCGREGOR IS A PATIENT LOSING PATIENCE. IT'S RUN BY MONKEYS, AND THERE'S TOO MANY COOKS IN THE KITCHEN. SHE'S BEEN WAITING 19 MONTHS FOR AN ANSWER FROM THE SOUTHERN DHB ON HER NEXT SURGERY FOR A BOWEL CONDITION. GETTING FOBBED OFF, GETTING MUCKED AROUND, LENGTHY DELAYS, TOLD, 'THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU. GO HOME.' DEBBIE HILL WAITED FIVE YEARS FOR BREAST CANCER SURGERY. I THINK IT'S APPALLING. NOW SHE NEEDS MORE, BUT SHE HAS NO IDEA WHEN THAT'LL HAPPEN AND WORRIES HER CANCER WILL SPREAD WHILE SHE WAITS. I HAVE DAYS WHERE THINGS ARE JUST TOO HARD, YOU KNOW. I CRY AND FEEL LIKE NOTHING'S EVER GOING TO BE NORMAL AGAIN, AND THINGS JUST GET TOO HARD. THE SDHB'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE ADMITS THERE ARE ISSUES. ALL I CAN SAY IS SORRY, AND WE NEED TO DO BETTER. WHEN WE MAKE A COMMITMENT TO GIVE YOU SURGERY, WE'RE REQUIRED TO GIVE IT TO YOU IN THE TIME FRAME, AND WE ARE LETTING SOME PEOPLE DOWN. THE HEALTH MINISTER SAYS THE SOUTHERN DHB HAS HAD AN EXTRA $250M IN FUNDING IN THE LAST DECADE. THE GOVERNMENT'S ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO PUTTING PATIENTS FIRST AND GETTING THE SERVICES THEY NEED. SURGERY'S ABOUT AN HOUR LONG. YES. LABOUR SAYS THE OPPOSITE. IT IS GETTING HARDER TO GET CARE THAN IT USED TO BE. THE THRESHOLDS HAVE GONE UP, AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF UNDERFUNDING. AT DUNEDIN HOSPITAL TODAY, WORK ON A $15M INTENSIVE CARE UNIT IS UNDERWAY, BUT A GOVERNMENT PROMISE OF A COMPLETE REBUILD OF THE HOSPITAL KEEPS HAVING THE GOALPOSTS MOVED. TWO YEARS AGO THE GOVERNMENT ESTIMATE OF REBUILDING DUNEDIN HOSPITAL WAS AROUND $300M. A COUPLE OF YEARS ON, AND WITH NO SET DATES IN PLACE FOR THE REBUILD, ESTIMATES ARE NOW NEARING THE $1B MARK. SO WHILE SOUTHERN PATIENTS CONTINUE TO WAIT FOR NEW FACILITIES AND SURGERY DATES, IT'S AN ISSUE THAT'S LIKELY TO INFLUENCE THEIR DECISION COME ELECTION TIME. MARK HATHAWAY, 1 NEWS. THE RAILWAY BETWEEN PICTON AND CHRISTCHURCH IS FINALLY RECONNECTED. WORKERS HAVE BEEN FIXING THE TRACK SINCE KAIKOURA'S EARTHQUAKE LAST YEAR WHEN IT WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. NOW IT'LL HELP TAKE PRESSURE OFF THE OVERLOADED INLAND ROUTE. ALI PUGH CHECKED OUT THE WORK FROM THE AIR. RAILWAY CREWS ON KAIKOURA'S COAST DOWNED TOOLS FOR A WHISTLE-STOP CELEBRATION. THIS WELDING CEREMONY JOINS THE FINAL PIECE OF TRACK, RECONNECTING THE LINE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH. BIG MILESTONE THAT WE'RE UP AND RUNNING AGAIN, AND TRAINS ARE RUNNING, AND WE'RE ALL CONNECTED UP. IT'S THE BEST PART OF MY LIFE, REALLY, YEAH, TO SEE IT UP AND GOING. HUNDREDS OF RAIL WORKERS WERE BUSSED IN FOR THE OCCASION ` INCREDIBLY, THREE MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. 1300 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING IN ATROCIOUS CONDITIONS, AND TO HAVE WHAT WE HAVE TODAY, TO CONNECT NZ, IT'S A GREAT EFFORT FOR THE PEOPLE. AND AN EMOTIONAL DAY FOR MANY ` SOME WHO'VE SPENT THEIR LIVES WORKING THE LINES. GREAT TODAY TO GET THE TRAINS RUNNING ` JUST ABOUT BRING TEARS TO YOUR EYES. THE REPAIR HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST RAIL REBUILD IN THIS COUNTRY SINCE WWII. LAST NOVEMBER'S EARTHQUAKE DUMPED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TONS OF ROCK ONTO THE LINE. THIS PART OF TRACK HERE WAS OUT TOWARDS THE SEA. IT WAS JUST RIPPED OFF ITS FORMATION AND TAKEN OUT TO SEA ABOUT 300M. THE TRACK WILL INITIALLY BE USED SOLELY FOR FREIGHT AND WILL RELIEVE PRESSURE ON THE INLAND ROAD BY REMOVING 500 TRUCKS A WEEK OFF THE LEWIS PASS ROUTE. THE FIRST FREIGHT SERVICES DUE TO RUN BY THE END OF THE MONTH. ALI PUGH, 1 NEWS. A WOMAN (18) APPEARED IN COURT TODAY CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF A CHRISTCHURCH MOTHER. ALICIA NATHAN (32) WAS ALLEGEDLY STABBED AT A PARTY ON SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE CHRISTCHURCH SUBURB OF AVONHEAD. THE HEARING FOR THE ACCUSED WAS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. SHE WILL REAPPEAR LATER THIS MONTH. THE STATE OF OUR DIRTY RIVERS AND LAKES HAS MANY KIWIS CONCERNED, AND NOW THE GOVERNMENT'S STUMPING UP MILLIONS TO CLEAN-UP WATERWAYS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT WITH LABOUR PLANNING ANNOUNCE ITS OWN WATER POLICY TOMORROW, IS NATIONAL JUST TRYING TO STEAL JACINDA ARDERN'S THUNDER? POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE WITH THIS. LAKE HOROWHENUA ` SO TOXIC IT WAS ONCE DUBBED 'THE LAKE OF SHAME'. WE'VE GOT AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE. THE LAKE'S NOW ONE OF 100 LAKES AND RIVERS IN LINE FOR A TAXPAYER-FUNDED CLEAN-UP. THE GOVERNMENT'S PUMPING IN ALMOST $1M ` PART OF A $44M SPEND-UP ON CLEANING UP OUR TOXIC WATERWAYS. THE QUALITY OF OUR FRESH WATER IS AT THE HEART OF OUR INTERNATIONAL BRANDING FOR TOURISM AND FOR EXPORTING. THIS SCIENTIST SAYS ITS NOT ENOUGH. THE SCALE OF SOME OF OUR PROBLEMS IS HUGE, AND IT'LL TAKE A MUCH BIGGER INVESTMENT THAN THAT TO PRODUCE MEANINGFUL CHANGE. THERE IS ALSO A CATCH. LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND COUNCILS WILL HAVE TO PONY UP THE REST OF THE COSTS. WE'RE ALLOCATING $44M. THE TOTAL SPEND WILL BE MUCH MORE LIKE $140M. AND THERE'S THIS. A PRE-CONDITION OF THIS FUNDING IS THAT MY MINISTRY HAS HAD TO BE SATISFIED THAT THE COUNCILS PUT THE RULES IN PLACE TO STOP ONGOING POLLUTION. SO NATIONAL'S SPLASHING THE CASH, BUT WHY NOW? WAS IT HOPING TO GET AHEAD OF LABOUR'S WATER POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW? MY PLAN HAS BEEN IN TIMETABLE FOR OVER A MONTH. LABOUR'S PLAN WILL INCLUDE A LEVY ON THE COMMERCIAL USE OF WATER. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS WHEN WE COME TO RELEASING OUR POLICY TOMORROW. I'VE HEARD OPPOSITION PARTIES SAY THEY ARE GOING TO IMPOSE A 10C-A-LITRE CHARGE ON ALL WATER USERS. THAT WOULD COST THE DAIRY INDUSTRY $600B A YEAR. YOU'D WIPE IT OUT. NATIONAL DOES HAVE A GROUP OF EXPERTS LOOKING AT WATER PRICING, BUT THEY WON'T TAKE THE PLUNGE ON THAT DECISION UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION. ANDREA VANCE, 1 NEWS. THE WAY TO TACKLE RAPE CULTURE IS EDUCATION. THAT'S THE SUGGESTION FROM TWO WELLINGTON STUDENTS WHO HAVE PRESENTED A PETITION DEMANDING BETTER SEX-ED IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS AROUND THE COUNTRY. THOUSANDS HAVE SIGNED THE PROPOSAL WHICH AIMS HELP YOUNG PEOPLE UNDERSTAND CONSENT. EMILY COOPER HAS MORE. STARTING A CONVERSATION ` IT'S WHAT THESE TEENAGERS HOPE TO ACHIEVE WITH THEIR CAMPAIGN FOR BETTER SEX EDUCATION IN NZ SCHOOLS. IT'S NEVER AN EASY CONVERSATION TO HAVE, AND IT'S NEVER AN EASY TOPIC TO COVER. TODAY THEY TOOK THEIR FIGHT TO PARLIAMENT WITH A 5700-SIGNATURE-STRONG PETITION CALLING FOR MORE CONSISTENT SEX EDUCATION IN HIGH SCHOOLS. WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE'VE GOT GREAT EDUCATION FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO DO CONSENT AROUND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS AND KEEP YOUNG PEOPLE SAFE. IT WAS RECEIVED BY LABOUR MP GRANT ROBERTSON AND WILL LIKELY BE TABLED TOMORROW. THE RAPE CULTURE THAT IS STILL AROUND STILL NEEDS TO BE CHALLENGED, AND WE STILL NEED IN SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY, TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT, FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHO THEY ARE AND UNDERSTAND HOW THEY RELATE TO OTHER PEOPLE. THE REALITY IS THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE COMING THROUGH OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM WHO THINK THAT SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS ACCEPTABLE, AND CONSENT EDUCATION IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THAT. THE STUDENTS WERE INSPIRED BY PROTEST ACTION OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT IN MARCH AGAINST RAPE CULTURE FOLLOWING COMMENTS FROM WELLINGTON COLLEGE STUDENTS. RAPE CULTURE ISN'T JUST RAPE; IT'S NOT JUST SEXUAL ASSAULT. IT'S RAPE JOKES, CAT-CALLING ` ANY SORT OF UNWANTED ATTENTION OR UNWANTED COMMENTS. SOME HIGH SCHOOLS TEACH CONSENT, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT COMPULSORY. THIS VIDEO ON CONSENT HAS BEEN VIEWED OVER FOUR MILLION TIMES AND IS SHOWN IN SOME SCHOOLS HERE. THERE'S CURRENTLY A GUIDE SCHOOLS USE FOR THE BASIS OF THEIR SEX ED, BUT THE STUDENTS SAY THAT DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH. THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION SAYS SCHOOLS KNOW THEIR STUDENTS BEST, SO IT MAKES SENSE FOR THEM AND THEIR COMMUNITIES TO DECIDE HOW SEX EDUCATION IS COVERED AND THAT THE MINISTRY SUPPORTS SCHOOLS TO PUT THEIR GUIDE INTO ACTION. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IS THIS PETITION, FOR US, HAS REALLY STARTED A DISCUSSION. RUBY AND LAUREN ARE HAPPY THEY'VE CONTINUED THAT DISCUSSION AND HOPE IT'S ONE THAT WILL CONTINUE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. EMILY COOPER, 1 NEWS. THE PRODUCER OF THE CONTROVERSIAL ANTI-VACCINATION FILM 'VAXXED' HAS BEEN BANNED FROM RE-ENTERING AUSTRALIA FOR THREE YEARS. POLLY TOMMEY SAYS SHE WAS BOARDING HER FLIGHT FROM AUSTRALIA TO NEW ZEALAND WHEN OFFICIALS PULLED HER ASIDE AND QUESTIONED HER ABOUT THE FILM. 'VAXXED: FROM COVER-UP TO CATASTROPHE' HAS BEEN WIDELY DISCREDITED AS ANTI-VACCINATION PROPAGANDA. EARLIER THIS YEAR, KIWI DOCTOR LANCE O'SULLIVAN INTERRUPTED IT'S SCREENING IN KAITAIA TO CONDEMN THE FILM. JUST AHEAD ` KENYA'S GENERAL ELECTION. EXCITEMENT BUILDS IN THE COUNTRY AS IT GETS SET TO VOTE IN A HOTLY CONTESTED RACE. AND THE SHOCKING MOMENT A JOGGER SHOVES A WOMAN INTO THE PATH OF A BUS. A BRITISH MODEL SAYS SHE FEARED FOR HER LIFE EVERY SECOND OF THE SIX DAYS SHE WAS HELD HOSTAGE IN ITALY. CHLOE AYLING BELIEVES IT WAS HER YOUNG SON THAT STOPPED THE CAPTORS SELLING HER AS A SEX SLAVE. BUT QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN RAISED ABOUT THE KIDNAPPING, AS MORE DETAILS ARE REVEALED. CHANNEL NINE'S MICHAEL BEST WITH THE STORY. CHLOE AYLING EMERGED SMILING WITH HER DOG TO ADDRESS AN ORDEAL THAT'S HORRIFIED EUROPE. I'VE BEEN THROUGH A TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE. I FEARED FOR MY LIFE SECOND BY SECOND, MINUTE BY MINUTE, HOUR BY HOUR. ITALIAN POLICE SAY THE MODEL (20) WAS ABDUCTED FROM A FASHION SHOOT IN MILAN, DRUGGED WITH KETAMINE, FORCED INTO A SUITCASE AND CHAINED TO FURNITURE FOR SIX DAYS, WHILE HER ABDUCTOR, LUKASZ HERBA, TRIED TO AUCTION HER AS A SEX SLAVE ON THE DARK WEB. SHE WAS ALLEGEDLY ONLY RELEASED AFTER THE SO-CALLED 'BLACK DEATH' SLAVERY GANG REALISED SHE WAS A MOTHER. I AM INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO THE ITALIAN AND THE UK AUTHORITIES FOR ALL THEY HAVE DONE TO SECURE MY SAFE RELEASE. I HAVE JUST ARRIVED HOME AFTER FOUR WEEKS OF BEING IN ITALY, AND I HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO GATHER MY THOUGHTS. I AM NOT AT LIBERTY TO SAY ANYTHING FURTHER UNTIL I HAVE BEEN DEBRIEFED BY THE UK POLICE. BUT SOME IN ITALY ARE QUESTIONING HER STORY. (WOMAN SPEAKS ITALIAN) SHE'D PREVIOUSLY MET HER CAPTOR WHILE CAUGHT UP IN A TERRORIST ATTACK IN PARIS IN APRIL, AND HE'D TAKEN HER SHOE SHOPPING DURING THE SIX-DAY ORDEAL. AYLING'S LAWYER, THOUGH, SAYS HER STORY IS REAL. (SPEAKS ITALIAN) 'AT FIRST, IT SEEMED INCREDIBLE, 'BUT THE STORY WAS PROVED TO BE TRUE,' HE SAYS. TONIGHT, HERBA IS IN PRISON; AYLING IS RECOVERING; AND EUROPEAN POLICE HAVE LAUNCHED A MAJOR INVESTIGATION INTO A POTENTIALLY HORRIFIC PEOPLE-SMUGGLING RING. A VICTIM OF THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERROR ATTACK HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED NEARLY 16 YEARS AFTER TWO PLANES CRASHED INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE IN NEW YORK. THE VICTIM IS THE 1641ST PERSON TO BE IDENTIFIED OUT A TOTAL OF ALMOST 3000 WHO DIED THAT DAY. HE WAS IDENTIFIED BY NEW DNA TECHNOLOGY. IT'S BEEN MORE THAN TWO YEARS SINCE THE LAST VICTIM WAS OFFICIALLY NAMED. 40% OF THE DEAD REMAIN UNIDENTIFIED. VOTERS IN KENYA HAVE QUEUED IN HUGE NUMBERS TO TAKE PART IN THE HOTLY CONTESTED GENERAL ELECTION. IT'S EXPECTED TO BE A CLOSE RACE BETWEEN THE CURRENT PRESIDENT AND HIS LONG-TIME RIVAL. POLICE HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED ACROSS THE COUNTRY OVER FEARS OF VIOLENCE AND VOTE-RIGGING. HERE'S THE ABC'S SALLY SARA. THERE'S PLENTY OF PASSION AND ENERGY AS KENYANS CHOOSE THEIR NEW LEADER. SUPPORTERS OF THE OPPOSITION ARE CONFIDENT OF VICTORY, BUT THERE ARE DOUBTS OVER WHETHER KENYA'S ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM IS UP TO THE JOB. (SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE) TRANSLATOR: KENYANS MUST CAST THEIR BALLOT THROUGH THE ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM, AND IF THAT SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK, THIS VOTE CANNOT GO ON. THE CONTEST IS CLOSE. THE PRESIDENT, UHURU KENYATTA, IS HOPING TO WIN A SECOND TERM IN OFFICE. HE'S PROMISING TO DELIVER UNITY AND DEVELOPMENT. (SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE) TRANSLATOR: THERE IS NEED FOR US TO FIGHT BECAUSE OF POLITICS. WE MUST LOVE EACH OTHER LIKE KENYANS. YOUR NEIGHBOUR IS YOUR BROTHER AND SISTER, REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY CAST THEIR VOTES. TENSIONS ARE HIGH. MORE THAN 1000 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN ELECTION VIOLENCE IN 2007. SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LINING UP HERE SINCE BEFORE DAWN. THERE ARE MORE THAN 19 MILLION REGISTERED VOTERS IN KENYA, AND THEY'LL BE CASTING THEIR BALLOTS AT MORE THAN 40,000 POLLING STATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE ELECTION WILL BE CLOSELY GUARDED. MORE THAN 180,000 POLICE HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO ENSURE THAT THE POLL IS PEACEFUL. LONDON POLICE HAVE RELEASED VIDEO OF THE SICKENING MOMENT AN INCONSIDERATE JOGGER PUSHED A WOMAN IN FRONT OF A DOUBLE DECKER BUS FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE VICTIM SUFFERED ONLY MINOR INJURIES. THE MAN RESPONSIBLE DIDN'T TURN BACK AFTER BARGING PAST AND HASN'T BEEN SEEN SINCE. TOM WALSH MAY HAVE RECEIVED HIS WORLD TRACK AND FIELD GOLD MEDAL TODAY IN LONDON, BUT THERE'S STILL DEBATE RAGING OVER YESTERDAY'S SHOT-PUT FINAL. A NEW PROTEST WAS LODGED JUST BEFORE HE TOOK TO THE PODIUM FOR THE OFFICIAL PRESENTATION, WITH CONFUSION OVER THE OUTCOME. ABBY WILSON EXPLAINS. MAKING HIS WORLD TITLE OFFICIAL ` TOM WALSH FINALLY GETTING HIS HANDS ON HIS GOLD MEDAL,... HE WILL ENJOY THIS MOMENT. ...BUT JUST MINUTES BEFORE THE BIG MOMENT, THERE WAS AN UNWELCOME VISITOR. WE TURNED UP TODAY TO PREPARE FOR THE MEDAL CEREMONY, AND RYAN WAS THERE IN FULL CEREMONIAL KIT. WE THEN TWIGGED SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING. AMERICAN RYAN CROUSER LODGED A LATE APPEAL OVER THIS THROW, ONE THAT WASN'T EVEN SHOWN IN THE COVERAGE HERE. THE OLYMPIC CHAMPION IS ADAMANT HIS 22.38M SHOULD BE DECLARED THE WINNING PUT, DESPITE OFFICIALS RED-FLAGGING IT FOR A FOOT FOUL. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH YOUR FOOT ON THE TOP OF THE CIRCLE, AND AS HE TURNS ON THE BALL OF HIS FOOT, THE OFFICIALS ON THE FIELD OF PLAY RULED THAT HIS SHOES MADE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE TOP OF THE CIRCLE. CROUSER AND FELLOW AMERICAN JOE KOVACS BOTH LODGED FAILED PROTESTS YESTERDAY, AND AT THE TIME, IT SEEMED THE RULING HAD BEEN ACCEPTED. THEY MADE THE RIGHT CALL, AND, YEAH, IT WAS JUST A ROUGH DAY. SO ALL I CAN DO IS JUST MOVE FORWARD FROM HERE. BUT HE HASN'T, AND NOW THE AMERICAN HAS GONE ON THE RECORD SAYING HE PLANS TO APPEAL AGAIN ` SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES CONCLUSIVE NEW EVIDENCE. IN 20-ODD YEARS' INVOLVEMENT, I'VE NEVER STRUCK THIS. THEY'VE GONE THROUGH TWO JURY APPEALS AND THEN DISMISSED. IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE WHAT FURTHER EVIDENCE THEY CAN BRING IN THAT'S CONCLUSIVE ENOUGH FOR THE JURY TO CHANGE THEIR MINDS. CROUSER AND WALSH ARE ACTUALLY MATES, THE AMERICAN TRAVELLING HERE TO COMPETE AND HOLIDAY WITH THE KIWI THIS SUMMER. WHILE THE APPEAL ISN'T PERSONAL, HIS RELENTLESS PURSUIT IS UNDOUBTEDLY TAKING SOME OF THE GLOSS OFF HIS FRIEND'S BIG MOMENT. ABBY WILSON, 1 NEWS. BRENDON MCCULLUM AND COLIN MUNRO HAVE WON BRAGGING RIGHTS OVER THEIR KIWI COUNTERPARTS IN THE CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE. MCCULLUM CONTRIBUTED WITH THREE SIXES IN FOUR BALLS FOR TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, BEFORE BEING CAUGHT BY JESSE RYDER FOR ST LUCIA. SO STRONG, AND GONE! (CHEERING, CLAPPING) 'NOTHER KIWI INTO THE THICK OF IT! THIS TIME JESSE RYDER GETS IN THE WAY. THIS GEM OF A DELIVERY FROM MITCHELL MCCLENAGHAN WAS NOT ENOUGH FOR ST LUCIA, WITH TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO WINNING BY FOUR WICKETS. JUST AHEAD ` WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE WEATHER HAS IN STORE FOR US. AND THIS NEWS PRESENTER ISN'T ENJOYING DOG SURFING CHAMPS, BUT HE SURE HAS US GIGGLING. YOU KNOW IT. I KNOW IT. NOT EVERY NEWS STORY CAN BE ONE OF INTERNATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OR A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, AND SOMETIMES, WE BRING YOU NEWS FROM THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE, LIKE DOG SURFING COMPETITIONS. WELL, IT TURNS OUT BBC PRESENTER SIMON MCCOY IS NOT ABOUT THAT LIFE AND HAS ENTERTAINED VIEWERS IMMENSELY WITH HIS UNASHAMEDLY LACKLUSTRE READING OF A NEWS REPORT ABOUT THE SAN-FRAN DOG SURFING CHAMPS. NOW, YOU'RE WATCHING BBC NEWS. JUST BEAR IN MIND, IT IS AUGUST. THIS DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A WALK IN THE PARK. DOG OWNERS AND THEIR PETS IN CALIFORNIA HAVE HIT THE WAVES IN THE SECOND ANNUAL WORLD DOG SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS. HERE ARE THE PICTURES. (SIGHS) THE COMPETITOR'S MAIN CHALLENGE IS TO STAY AFLOAT ON THE BOARD. THIS IS IN PACIFICA, NEAR SAN FRANCISCO. BUT THERE ARE ALSO PRIZES FOR THE BEST DRESSED AND TANDEM SURFING DOGS. WINNER, OF COURSE, BEING CROWNED 'TOP DOG'. OH, THAT'S A SHAME. WE'VE RUN OUT OF PICTURES. WELL, THAT PERFORMANCE HAS MADE YOU 'TOP DOG' IN OUR EYES, SIMON. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH BRUNO MARS. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ # BUT I STILL LOOK GOOD, THOUGH. # HOT COMB, HOT. # I BET YOU WANT AN AUTOGRAPH # FOR YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS. # GOTTA DO IT IN THE PENTHOUSE. # THAT'S WHERE I KEEP MY PEN. # WHAT YOU CAN'T DANCE? AIN'T GOT RHYTHM? # WHAT YOU GOT A MAN? I DON'T SEE YOU WITH HIM. # PUT YOUR PHONE DOWN, LET'S GET IT. # FORGET YOUR INSTAGRAM AND YOUR TWITTER. # GOT ME LIKE WHOA, WAIT A MINUTE. # YOU NEED TO TAKE A MINUTE. # LOOSEN THEM SHOULDERS UP. # POUR IT UP, LET'S WORK. # THROW SOME PERM ON YOUR ATTITUDE. # GIRL YOU GOTTA RELAX. # OOOH. # LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT YOU GOT TO DO. # YOU GOTTA LAY IT BACK. # MATTER OF FACT? BAND, SHOW HER HOW TO LAY IT BACK! # SHOW HER HOW TO LAY IT BACK. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JEAN TENG AND KATE PARKINSON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017