HELLO. A LOT OF SHOWERS AROUND TODAY. THE MAIN LOW IS STILL SPINNING AROUND ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTRY. A FEW MORE TOMORROW, BUT THEN THEY SLOWLY THIN DOWN AND EASE BACK, SLOWLY, FOR A BRIEF SPELL BEFORE MORE SHOWERS AND MORE BLUSTERY WEATHER SPREADS IN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. VERY SPRING-LIKE, NOT TOO CHILLY, BUT IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE COMING AT US PRETTY FAST AND FURIOUSLY. ALL THE DETAILS COMING UP. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. GAME ON ` THE ELECTION BATTLE GOES UP A GEAR AFTER THE LATEST POLLS SHOW ENGLISH AND ARDERN NECK AND NECK AND LABOUR MAKING BIG GAINS. AND ` CONCERNS ABOUT LOCAL WILDLIFE AND CALLS FOR MORE PROTESTS AFTER A LANDMARK BUT CONTROVERSIAL DECISION TO ALLOW SEABED MINING OFF THE TARANAKI COAST. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. PARTIES FROM ACROSS THE POLITICAL DIVIDE ARE SCRAMBLING TO READJUST THEIR ELECTION CAMPAIGN STRATEGIES TONIGHT FOLLOWING A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE. IT'S SEEN THE LABOUR PARTY SURGE BACK INTO CONTENTION IN THE POLLS UNDER NEW LEADER JACINDA ARDERN. SHE HIT THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL HARD TODAY, AS DID BILL ENGLISH AND WINSTON PETERS, AND 1 NEWS WAS WITH THEM ALL. WE BEGIN WITH POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN. BILL ENGLISH AND JACINDA ARDERN ARE BOTH NOW SHIFTING INTO FULL CAMPAIGN STRIDE AFTER A DRAMATIC TURNAROUND IN POLLING THAT'S PUT LABOUR BACK IN THE GAME. I WAS CERTAINLY ENCOURAGED BY LAST NIGHT'S POLL, ABSOLUTELY, BUT IT IS EARLY DAYS; IT'S BEEN A WEEK. TWO NEW POLLS SHOW LABOUR HAS MADE HUGE GAINS UNDER ITS NEW LEADER, JACINDA ARDERN. ONE ` LABOUR'S INTERNAL UMR POLL ` IS PUTTING IT AS HIGH AS 36%, BUT IF BILL ENGLISH IS RATTLED, HE AIN'T SHOWIN' IT. THE OPPOSITION PARTIES, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SHIFTING AROUND. FEW WEEKS AGO, WINSTON PETERS WAS LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION. NOW THEY'VE GOT A NEW ONE. THAT'S UP TO THEM. BILL ENGLISH CAN BE SAFE IN THE KNOWLEDGE FOR NOW THAT LABOUR'S GAINS AREN'T COMING FROM NATIONAL... MAN: YAY! ...BUT RATHER FROM NZ FIRST AND THE GREENS. WE CAN TURN THAT AROUND. WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ON LOWER POLLS CLOSER TO THE ELECTION IN PREVIOUS ELECTIONS AND THEN GONE ON TO HAVE OUR HIGHEST VOTE EVER. IF YOU BELIEVE THE POLLS, THEN YOU BELIEVE IN THE TOOTH FAIRY. THE GREENS IN PARTICULAR SEEM TO BE BLEEDING SUPPORT IN THE WAKE OF THE DAMAGING METIRIA TUREI CONTROVERSY, LEADER JAMES SHAW PICKING UP THE PIECES TODAY FOLLOWING HER RESIGNATION AND EVEN OPENING THE DOOR FOR REBEL MP KENNEDY GRAHAM, WHO QUIT ON MONDAY, TO RETURN. IT COULD HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. I DON'T KNOW. AGAIN, THAT DECISION IS UP TO THE EXECUTIVE. BUT WHILE LABOUR'S RESURGENCE HAS CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE ON THE LEFT,... WOMAN: I'M A LABOUR VOTER, WINSTON. YEAH, WELL, THERE'S NOBODY PERFECT. ...ONE THING HASN'T CHANGED, AND THAT IS THAT NZ FIRST, ON CURRENT POLLING, IS LIKELY TO BE KING- OR QUEEN-MAKER. NO, WE'VE NEVER CONSIDERED OURSELVES KINGMAKER. THERE'S A REALITY, AND THAT'S NZ FIRST WILL DO WELL IN THIS CAMPAIGN. PERHAPS SO, BUT WHAT IS CLEAR NOW IS THAT POLITICIANS IN ALL PARTIES NEED TO ADAPT TO A CAMPAIGN THAT LOOKS AND FEELS FAR DIFFERENT THAN ONE THAT WAS PREDICTED JUST 10 AGO. THAT'S RIGHT. A VERY DIFFERENT BALL GAME NOW. JOINING US FROM PARLIAMENT, 1 NEWS POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN. This really has been turned on its head. What is interesting today is that Jacinda Ardern has certainly showed she is matched but when it comes to campaigning. She hit the ground running in her old home of Morrinsville. BACK TO SCHOOL FOR JACINDA ARDERN ` THE LABOUR LEADER WAS A PUPIL HERE AT MORRINSVILLE COLLEGE. TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHERE I HAVE COME FROM, WHERE IT ALL STARTED FOR ME, WHERE MY ROOTS ARE IN, REALLY, THE FIRST WEEK THAT I'VE TAKEN ON THIS MASSIVE ROLE. SHE KICKED OFF HER CAMPAIGN IN HER HOMETOWN, WHERE SHE GOT PLENTY OF HUGS, BUT IT WASN'T ALWAYS THIS WAY. WHEN I WAS 28 YEARS OLD, I RAN TO BE A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT IN MORRINSVILLE, WHICH WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. NOT EVERYONE WAS ENCOURAGING. I'D SOMETIMES GETTING THE MIDDLE FINGER DOWN THE MAIN STREET. THAT'S BECAUSE THEN ` AS NOW ` IT'S A SAFE NATIONAL SEAT. I'M NOT WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT, BECAUSE IT'S TRADITIONALLY NATIONAL'S, WE HAVE TO CONCEDE THAT GROUND. MORRINSVILLE IS ALSO A FARMING TOWN, AND LABOUR'S ALREADY TAKING HEAT FROM THE RURAL COMMUNITY OVER ITS PLANS FOR A LEVY ON THE COMMERCIAL USE OF WATER. WHAT WE'VE PUT IN THE POLICY EXPLICITLY IS THAT WE WILL ENSURE THAT THOSE AFFECTED WILL REMAIN PROFITABLE. IT WAS FISH AND CHIPS ON THE MENU IN MORRINSVILLE, WITH A VISIT TO THE TAKEAWAY SHE ONCE WORKED IN,... JACINDA WAS A VERY VIBRANT YOUNG WORKER THAT CAME INTO OUR SHOP. ...BUT THE NEW LEADER IS LEARNING THAT CAMPAIGNING IS MORE THAN SELFIES AND SHAKING HANDS. SHE WAS UNPREPARED FOR REPORTERS' QUESTIONS ON KEY NEWS EVENTS. WOMAN: WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON IT? I WOULDN'T MIND GOING AWAY AND LOOKING AT THE DETAILS ON THAT. MAN: WHAT'S YOUR REACTION TO RESERVE BANK'S DECISION THIS MORNING? OH, W` THAT CAME OUT AT... OH, 9. ...9. JACINDA ARDERN IS TAKING LESSONS ON HER FIRST DAY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. ANDREA VANCE, 1 NEWS. AS THE LABOUR LEADER WENT BACK TO SCHOOL IN HER HOMETOWN, HER MAIN RIVAL FRONTED UP TO TERTIARY STUDENTS IN CHRISTCHURCH. PRIME MINISTER BILL ENGLISH WAS ALSO THERE TO LAUNCH THE NEXT STAGE OF THE CITY'S CONVENTION CENTRE. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD IS WITH HIM. # WELCOME HOME # FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS. # A WARM WELCOME FROM CHRISTCHURCH STUDENTS FOR THE PRIME MINISTER ` CAN I GET A SELFIE? YEAH, SURE. THANKS, BUDDY. BILL ENGLISH OPENED A NEW ARCHITECTURE BUILDING... IT WORKS, YEAH. ...AND LAUNCHING THE NEXT STAGE IN THE BUILD FOR CHRISTCHURCH'S NEW CONVENTION CENTRE. IT'S ESTIMATED THAT THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO CANTERBURY MORE BROADLY WILL BE OVER $300M OVER THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS. ALL PART OF NATIONAL'S PLAN TO CAMPAIGN ON A STABLE GOVERNMENT AND A GROWING ECONOMY. MR ENGLISH SAYS WHILE JACINDA ARDERN MAY HAVE MADE A SPLASH WITH VOTERS, NATIONAL'S POPULARITY HASN'T TAKEN A DIVE. THERE'S LEADERSHIP CHANGES. WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER THERE'S POLICY CHANGES. BUT EVEN HERE IN CHRISTCHURCH CENTRAL, NATIONAL'S NICKY WAGNER FACES A STRONG CHALLENGE FROM LAWYER AND LABOUR CANDIDATE DUNCAN WEBB. WE HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE IN NICKY WAGNER. SHE CAMPAIGNED VERY HARD TO WIN THIS SEAT. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS NOTHING ABOUT THE EVENTS OVER THE LAST 10 DAYS WILL CHANGE THE WAY HE, OR NATIONAL, WILL CAMPAIGN OVER THE NEXT SIX WEEKS. HE SAYS THE ISSUES ARE A PROBLEM FOR THE LEFT, AND IT WON'T AFFECT NATIONAL. NO, WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE CHANGES AT ALL. WE ARE, OF COURSE, VERY FOCUSED ON HOW TO WIN A TIGHT ELECTION, COS IT'S ALWAYS BEEN GOING TO BE TIGHT. THE PRIME MINISTER IS PUSHING THE MESSAGE ` EXPECT A POTENTIAL PHOTO FINISH COME SEPTEMBER 23. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. LET'S GO BACK TO CORIN. WHERE TO FROM HERE? ARE WE LIKELY TO SEE THIS VOLATILITY CONTINUE? Well, I'm not that keen on making a prediction on that. But I do actually think things will start to settle down a bit now. We have one more week of Parliament to go and I think Winston Peters will be the character to watch here. He will not be enjoying being pushed out of the limelight by Jacinda Ardern. I expect him to fight back pretty hard. That is something to bear in mind. I think it will be a rocky road through the campaign, LOCAL IWI ARE VOWING TO FIGHT ON AFTER A DECISION TODAY TO ALLOW SEABED MINING OFF TARANAKI. THE SAND IS RICH IN IRON ORE, WHICH CAN BE USED TO MAKE STEEL, BUT THE DISRUPTION TO THE ENVIRONMENT IS A MAJOR CONCERN. THE CONSENT COVERS AN AREA OF 66 SQUARE KILOMETRES ROUGHLY 25KM OFF THE COAST OF PATEA. EMILY COOPER REPORTS. BENEATH THESE WAVES IN JUST A FEW YEARS, A FULL-SCALE MINING OPERATION COULD BE UNDERWAY. I ACKNOWLEDGE THE DECISION OUTCOME IS LIKELY TO BE A DIFFICULT ONE. TRANS-TASMAN RESOURCES WANTS TO EXTRACT 50 MILLION TONS OF IRONSAND FROM THE SEABED IN THE SOUTH TARANAKI BIGHT USING THIS SEA-BOTTOM CRAWLER, BUT RESIDENTS AND LOCAL IWI SAY THEIR COMMUNITY HASN'T BEEN TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. THERE'S JUST NO CERTAINTY IN THIS APPLICATION. IT SHOULD'VE BEEN THROWN OUT. OUR MESSAGE, CERTAINLY, FROM THE EPA IS WE'VE ENSURED THE MOST PARTICIPATORY PROCESS WE COULD HAVE. THE APPLICATION BY THE MINING COMPANY WAS LODGED A YEAR AGO. ITS FIRST ONE WAS REFUSED IN NOVEMBER 2013. WE REGROUPED, LOOKED AT THE SHORTCOMINGS OF THAT APPLICATION, ADDRESSED THOSE SHORTCOMINGS AND REAPPLIED. TTR SAYS THERE WILL BE HUGE ECONOMIC BENEFITS FOR THE REGION, INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF 300 JOBS AND A TRAINING CENTRE SET UP IN TARANAKI. THE EPA SAYS THEY'VE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION ALL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. WE ARE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY NO MATERIAL ADVERSE AFFECTS ON THE ECOLOGY OF THE AREA. IT SAYS ANY EFFECTS WILL BE TEMPORARY AND WILL LIKELY ONLY LAST DURING THE PERIOD OF MINING, BUT THE CONSENT IS FOR 20 YEARS AND CAN BE RENEWED, AND TTR SAYS IT INTENDS TO MINE CONTINUOUSLY FOR MOST OF THAT TIME. THIS IS CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT AREA FOR MARINE MAMMALS AND ALSO SEABIRDS, AND HERE WE ARE; WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE MINE IT. IT'S SUCK UP AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, AS FAST AS YOU CAN, CHUCK IT ON A SHIP AND SEND IT TO ASIAN. THE CONSENT WON'T GO AHEAD UNTIL ANY APPEALS ARE DEALT WITH. NGATI RUANUI, FOREST AND BIRD AND 'KIWIS AGAINST SEABED MINING' HAVE ALL ALREADY INDICATED THEY'LL LIKELY APPEAL. THEY HAVE 15 DAYS TO DO SO BUT WILL NOW LIKELY END UP BACK HERE AT THE HIGH COURT. TTR SAYS IT WILL PUSH AHEAD IF IT CAN ONCE APPEALS ARE DEALT WITH AND WANTS TO SEE THE PROJECT UP AND RUNNING IN THE NEXT TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS. EMILY COOPER, 1 NEWS. POLICE HAVE SEIZED MORE THAN 10KG OF SYNTHETIC CANNABIS IN NATIONWIDE DRUG BUSTS. PHOTOS FROM THE HAUL INCLUDE PLASTIC BAGS OF GREEN SUBSTANCE AND FOUR GUNS. RAIDS TOOK PLACE IN AUCKLAND, PALMERSTON NORTH AND CANTERBURY. POLICE SAY THEY'VE INTERCEPTED ENOUGH PRE-CURSER CHEMICALS TO MAKE $1.5M WORTH OF SYNTHETIC CANNABIS. IT HAS ALL THE ELEMENTS OF A SPY MOVIE, WITH DECOYS AND COUNTER-SURVEILLANCE, BUT GREENPEACE SAYS IT'S REAL AND HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IN NZ. THE ORGANISATION'S GIVEN 1 NEWS VIDEO IT SAYS SHOWS ITS WORKERS HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED AND SPIED ON BY PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS WORKING FOR BIG OIL COMPANIES. JESSICA MUTCH IS ON THE CASE. SO, HERE YOU CAN SEE THE GUY LOOKING AROUND FROM HIS HOTEL ROOM, KEEPING AN EYE ON US. THE FOOTAGE GREENPEACE SAYS SHOWS THEM BEING SPIED ON BY PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS THOMPSON & CLARK ` WE GOT PHOTOGRAPHS OF THEM PHOTOGRAPHING US. THEY'VE GOT HOME ADDRESSES; THEY'VE GOT PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PEOPLE; THEY'VE GOT PHOTOGRAPHS OF THEIR CAR. THEY HAVE CLEARLY BEEN FOLLOWING THEM HOME. IT'S VERY, VERY INTRUSIVE AND QUITE SCARY, ACTUALLY, FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THINK THERE ARE THESE GUYS CREEPING AROUND, TAKING PHOTOS OF THEM WHEN THEY ARE AT HOME. GREENPEACE SAYS IT HAS EVIDENCE THE INVESTIGATORS ARE BEING PAID FOR BY OIL COMPANIES ANADARKO AND STATOIL, SO THEY'RE TAKING THE PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS TO COURT. PEOPLE HAVE GOT A RIGHT TO CAMPAIGN AND BE ACTIVE AROUND ISSUES OF CLIMATE CHANGE WITHOUT FEELING THIS INTIMIDATION OF HAVING THEIR PRIVACY INVADED. THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP GOT THE FOOTAGE BY DRIVING A GREENPEACE BOAT AROUND THE NORTH ISLAND AS A DECOY AND WATCHED WHO WAS WATCHING THEM. WE HAVE CAUGHT THE GUYS WHO ARE ACTUALLY DOING THE SURVEILLANCE RED-HANDED. WE'VE MADE THE CONNECTION TO THOMPSON & CLARK. IT'S ALMOST CERTAIN THAT STATOIL AND ANADARKO ARE FUNDING IT. THE NZ GOVERNMENT MAY WELL BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND MAY HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF IT. NOT AT ALL. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WOULD GET THAT ALLEGATION FROM. I WOULD BE CONCERNED IF IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS SOME, YOU KNOW, SURVEILLANCE OF PEOPLE WHO WERE PROTESTING, AND WE DON'T SEE ANY EVIDENCE OF THAT. 1 NEWS CONTACTED THOMPSON & CLARK. OIL COMPANY ANADARKO REFUSED TO SAY WHETHER IT HIRED THE PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS, AND NORWEGIAN STATE-OWNED OIL COMPANY STATOIL HAS NOT RESPONDED TO OUR CALLS. EXPERTS SAY SURVEILLANCE IS TIGHTLY CONTROLLED. WELL, BASICALLY, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO IT SURVEILLANCE IN NZ UNLESS YOU'VE GOT A WARRANT OF SOME KIND TO DO IT, AND REALLY, THAT'S ONLY THE SECRET SERVICES AND SO ON WHO ARE ALLOWED TO DO THAT SORTA THING, OTHERWISE IT'S BASICALLY A NO-NO. A RARE TEST CASE ` ONE THAT WILL BE KEENLY WATCHED. JESSICA MUTCH, 1 NEWS. IN A BID TO BRING MALE SEXUAL ABUSE OUT OF THE SHADOWS, 22 NZ VICTIMS ARE BEING PHOTOGRAPHED AND INTERVIEWED AS PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL ART PROJECT. THE BRISTLECONE PROJECT HAS PROFILED SURVIVORS IN 11 COUNTRIES SO FAR, ENCOURAGING OTHERS WHO'VE BEEN ABUSED TO COME FORWARD. LISA DAVIES HAS THE STORY. BARING HIS SOUL TO THE CAMERA, JIM GOODWIN IS A FATHER, A PSYCHIATRIC NURSE AND A SURVIVOR. LOOK RIGHT AT THAT LENS AND JUST COMMUNICATE. AND NOW HE'S GOING PUBLIC ABOUT THE BRUTALITY HE SUFFERED AT BOARDING SCHOOL, WHERE HE WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED BY OTHER STUDENTS. I WAS THE FIRST PERSON I'VE EVER HEARD OF WHO HAD BEEN RAPED. YOU KNOW, YOU KNEW THAT WOMEN WERE, BUT I'D NEVER HEARD OF IT HAPPENING TO ANOTHER GUY. HE'S TELLING ALL OF THIS TO DAVID LISAK, A FELLOW SURVIVOR, AND FOUNDER OF THE BRISTLECONE PROJECT IN THE UNITED STATES. THEY WANT TO HELP OTHER VICTIMS COME OUT OF THE SHADOWS. THESE BRISTLECONE MEN REALLY ARE STANDING FOR A GREAT NUMBER OF MEN WHO ARE STILL SILENCED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM. MORE THAN 100 SURVIVORS HAVE BEEN PROFILED AROUND THE WORLD SO FAR. WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS... NO MORE SHAME. YEAH. TOM SCOTT WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED BY HIS MOTHER AS A TEENAGER AND ONLY TOLD PEOPLE OF HIS ORDEAL FIVE YEARS AGO. THANK YOU, TOM. NOW THE WHOLE WORLD WILL KNOW. EVEN IF JUST ONE PERSON GETS THAT MESSAGE AND COMES FORWARD, IT'S ALL WORTH IT. 11 SURVIVORS HAVE SHARED THEIR STORIES IN CHRISTCHURCH. THEY'VE DONE THAT IN THE HOPE THAT IF YOUNG PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT THEY'VE HAD THE COURAGE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK, THAT IT WILL ALLOW OTHERS TO COME FORWARD. FROM CHRISTCHURCH, HE'LL HEAD TO NELSON AND DUNEDIN, THEN THE NORTH ISLAND, WHERE HE'LL PHOTOGRAPH 15 MORE SURVIVORS FOR THE EXHIBITION THAT WILL BE SHOWN HERE AT CANTERBURY MUSEUM. THE PROJECT HAS BROUGHT THESE MEN CLOSER,... START TELLING YOUR STORY, AND TELL ALL OF IT, AND KEEP ON TELLING IT. THAT'S HOW WE HEAL. ...AND HELPED WITH THEIR OWN HEALING TOO. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME ON 1 NEWS ` THE STANDOFF BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND NORTH KOREA. THE WAR OF WORDS AND THREATS ESCALATE, WITH THE ISLAND OF GUAM NOW IN NORTH KOREA'S SIGHTS. AND THE HIKERS WHO CAPTURED THEIR HEART-STOPPING ENCOUNTER WITH A MOUNTAIN LION, FACE-TO-FACE IN A STARING COMPETITION. THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FOLLOWING HIM, BUT THIS PREDATOR WAS ONE STEP AHEAD. AND KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WHEN IT COMES TO TRIALLING FOR A NEW JOB. WE LOOK AT THE CASE OF A CAFE WORKER DEMANDING PAYMENT FOR WHAT SHE SAYS WAS AN HONEST DAY'S WORK. NORTH KOREA SAYS IT'LL HAVE A PLAN TO FIRE FOUR MISSILES TOWARDS A U.S. PACIFIC TERRITORY AND MILITARY OUTPOST WITHIN DAYS. THE LATEST SALVO IN A WHITE-HOT WAR OF WORDS CAME AS AMERICA'S TOP DIPLOMAT VISITED GUAM ` HOME TO 160,000 PEOPLE AND TWO U.S. MILITARY BASES. BBC'S NICK BRYANT REPORTS. A FAR-OFF AMERICAN OUTPOST IN THE TROPICAL WATERS OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC NOW FINDS ITSELF AT THE CENTRE OF A DANGEROUS STANDOFF. (GUNSHOT) THIS IS GUAM, THE SITE THIS SUMMER OF U.S. MILITARY EXERCISES ` AMERICAN TERRITORY THAT NORTH KOREA SAYS COULD NOW BE IN THE FIRING LINE. ON NORTH KOREAN STATE TV CAME THIS CHILLING HEADLINE... (SPEAKS KOREAN) ...THAT GUAM COULD BE TARGETED BY MEDIUM- TO LONG-RANGE ROCKETS, AND IT CAME JUST HOURS AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP THREATENED PYONGYANG WITH SOME OF THE MOST INCENDIARY RHETORIC USED BY A U.S. PRESIDENT IN DECADES. NORTH KOREA BEST NOT... MAKE ANY MORE THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES. (CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICK RAPIDLY) THEY WILL BE MET WITH FIRE AND FURY LIKE THE WORLD HAS NEVER SEEN. AND MORE TOUGH TALK ON TWITTER THIS MORNING ` ON A REFUELLING STOPOVER IN GUAM, THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE, REX TILLERSON, USED MORE SOOTHING LANGUAGE. THE ISLAND FACED NO IMMINENT THREAT, HE SAID, AND AMERICANS SHOULDN'T LOSE ANY SLEEP. WHAT THE PRESIDENT WAS DOING IS SENDING A STRONG MESSAGE TO NORTH KOREA IN LANGUAGE THAT KIM JONG-UN WOULD UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE HE DOESN'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND DIPLOMATIC LANGUAGE. THE SMALL ISLAND IS OVER 2000 MILES AWAY FROM PYONGYANG BUT WELL WITHIN RANGE OF ITS MISSILES. WITH TWO MILITARY BASES, IT'S A CRITICAL STRATEGIC HUB FOR AMERICA IN THE PACIFIC AND HOME TO 160,000 PEOPLE. I GUESS THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND IS, YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY FIRST ` WHERE'S MY FAMILY? YOU KNOW, TO COME UP WITH A PLAN IF ANYTHING HAPPENED. I THINK THE RESPONSE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS PRESENTED IS PRETTY MUCH SPOT ON. PAST ADMINISTRATIONS HAVE JUST LET IT SLIDE. YOU KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD, SO NOW NORTH KOREA FEELS LIKE THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING. DONALD TRUMP HAS VOWED THAT HE WILL BE THE PRESIDENT WHO DEALS DECISIVELY WITH THE NORTH KOREAN PROBLEM. THERE ARE 33 NZ DEFENCE FORCE PERSONNEL CURRENTLY OPERATING IN GUAM ON A TRAINING EXERCISE. OUR AIR FORCE IS PRACTISING ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE SKILLS WITH U.S. AND JAPANESE FORCES, AND OUR PRIME MINISTER'S FOUND HIMSELF CENTRE STAGE OF AMERICAN NEWS COVERAGE AFTER CRITICISING PRESIDENT TRUMP. HIS INITIAL WORDS HAVE SPARKED INTERNATIONAL REACTION, FROM NZ... I THINK THE COMMENTS ARE NOT HELPFUL IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT'S VERY TENSE. WHILE OUR AIR FORCE IS DUE TO PULL OUT THIS WEEKEND, THE U.S. IS BEEFING UP ITS CONTINGENT WITH MORE BOMBERS AND FIGHTER JETS. A MANHUNT IN FRANCE HAS ENDED WITH THE DRAMATIC ARREST OF A SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY BEHIND AN ATTACK IN WHICH A GROUP OF SOLDIERS WERE MOWN DOWN IN PARIS. THE MAN WAS SHOT AND WOUNDED AFTER BEING CORNERED BY POLICE FOLLOWING A MOTORWAY CAR CHASE IN NORTHERN FRANCE. A HUGE MANHUNT WAS LAUNCHED AFTER THE SUSPECT'S BMW DROVE INTO THE SOLDIERS OUTSIDE A MILITARY BASE THAT'S HOME TO A COUNTERTERRORISM AGENCY. SIX SOLDIERS WERE INJURED, THREE SERIOUSLY. NEXT WE'VE ONE OF THOSE LIFE-OR-DEATH QUESTIONS. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU COME FACE TO FACE WITH A MOUNTAIN LION? HERE'S ABC'S DAVID WRIGHT ON A PAIR OF HIKERS IN CALIFORNIA WHO HAD TO MAKE A BIG CALL IN A BIG HURRY. LOOK CLOSELY NOW. THAT IS A MOUNTAIN LION. SAM VONDERHEIDE AND HIS FRIEND BRIAN MCKINNEY SPOTTED IT LAST MONTH ON THE HIGH SIERRA TRAIL IN SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK. THEY CREEP UP EVER SO SLOWLY AND PEER AROUND THE CORNER TO FIND... NOTHING. NO LION. UH, BUT LOOK UP. RIGHT OVER THERE. THERE'S OUR PUMA. PARK RANGERS SAY RUNNING AWAY COULD TRIGGER THEIR INSTINCT TO CHASE. 'NICE KITTY CAT.' EVER SO SLOWLY, THEY BACK AWAY. THEY DECIDED TO PITCH THEIR TENTS ON ANOTHER PART OF THE TRAIL THIS NIGHT... ...AND HAD A VERY RESTLESS NIGHT'S SLEEP. MOUNTAIN LION ATTACKS ON HUMANS ARE RARE IN CALIFORNIA ` 14 IN THE LAST TWO DECADES, BUT THREE OF THOSE WERE FATAL. WEATHER TIME NOW. DAN, A BIT OF EVERYTHING THROW INTO THE WEATHER TODAY. Parts of the day were like this, sunshine, but then cloud builds up. For some of us it was fog. That was the scene in Christchurch this morning. Still some thunder to the north. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ. STILL TO COME ` WE CATCH UP WITH THE RUGBY PLAYER DUBBED 'THE TONGAN THOR'. THE FORMER KIWI SCHOOLBOY STAR IS BACK WHERE IT ALL STARTED. AND THE ONE-MAN RACE THAT HAD SPECTATORS CHEERING FOR A RUNNER WHO EARNED HIS SPOT IN THE FINALS AT THE WORLD ATHLETIC CHAMPS THE HARD WAY. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT ` THE LABOUR PARTY HAS SURGED BACK INTO CONTENTION IN THE LATEST POLITICAL POLLS UNDER ITS NEW LEADER, JACINDA ARDERN. LABOUR'S GAINS SEEM TO HAVE COME AT THE EXPENSE OF THE GREENS AND NZ FIRST. ON CURRENT POLLING, NZ FIRST REMAINS THE LIKELY KING- OR QUEEN-MAKER. A WELLINGTON WOMAN FIGHTING FOR A FAIR DAY'S PAY HAS LAWYERED UP, SAYING SHE WANTS TO HOLD A CAFE TO ACCOUNT. HELEN MAWHINNEY WORKED AN EIGHT-HOUR SHIFT BUT WAS LATER TOLD IT WAS ONLY A TRIAL, AND AS RYAN BOSWELL REPORTS, SHE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE CLAIMING TO BE OUT OF POCKET. HELEN MAWHINNEY THOUGHT SHE'D SCORED A JOB AT A WELLINGTON CAFE. I WAS WORKING THE TILL, MAKING COFFEES, PREPPING FOOD, DOING THE DISHES ` EVERYTHING. WADESTOWN KITCHEN GAVE HER AN HOUR'S TRIAL ON THURSDAY, TELLING HER TO THEN COME BACK THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR AN EIGHT-HOUR SHIFT, AFTER WHICH HELEN SAYS SHE WAS OFFERED THE JOB, BUT WHEN SHE ASKED THE CAFE'S OWNER ABOUT BEING PAID FOR THE FULL DAY'S WORK,... HE SAID, 'OH, WE TOLD YOU IT WAS AN UNPAID JOB.' I WAS LIKE, 'YOU DID NO SUCH THING,' COS I DEFINITELY WOULD NOT HAVE AGREED TO THAT. THERE'S NO WAY. (CHUCKLES GENTLY) COST ME SO MUCH MONEY. THE SOLO MUM SPENT OVER $70 ON A BABY SITTER AND THE BUS TO GET TO AND FROM THE CAFE. THIS EMPLOYMENT LAWYER SAYS AN HOUR-LONG TRIAL IS STANDARD. AND THE QUESTION IS ` IS THERE A NEED FOR SOMEONE TO BE THERE LONGER THAN THAT? AND IS, IN FACT, THE EMPLOYER OR THE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYER ACTUALLY BENEFITTING FROM THAT AND GETTING FREE WORK? WHICH IS NOT LAWFUL. SO FRUSTRATED, HELEN WENT ONLINE TO VENT, WHERE SHE WAS MET BY OTHERS WHO SAY THE CAFE HAS A HABIT OF NOT PAYING WORKERS BECAUSE THEY'RE ON 'TRIAL', INCLUDING JAMES. I ENDED UP WORKING NINE-AND-A-HALF HOURS OF WORK UNPAID, GENERATING REVENUE FOR THEM. THE FACEBOOK POST SPARKED A TIRADE OF ABUSE ONLINE FROM THE CAFE'S OWNERS, WHO EVEN TARGETED HELEN'S MOTHER, WRITING THAT HER CAFE WAS FULL OF RATS AND COCKROACHES AND THAT FOOD WAS DROPPED ON THE FLOOR AND REUSED. TOTAL HATE ATTACK FROM SOMEONE WE'VE NEVER MET, WHO HAS NEVER EATEN HERE, AND IT WAS APPALLING AND REALLY, REALLY SCARY. THE OWNERS OF WADESTOWN KITCHEN DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR REQUESTS FOR AN INTERVIEW. THEY SAY THE ALLEGATIONS ARE LIES AND THAT THEIR STAFF ARE WELL-TREATED AND ARE HAPPY. THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS CONFIRMED IT'S HAD A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE OWNERS OF THE CAFE BEFORE. NOW HELEN IS SEEKING LEGAL ADVICE FOR HER CASE. RYAN BOSWELL, 1 NEWS. A TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME WHICH HELPED MORE THAN 10,000 MAORI AND PACIFIC ISLANDS STUDENTS IN SOUTH AUCKLAND HAS HAD TO SHUT ITS DOORS AFTER GOVERNMENT FUNDING WAS CUT. OTARA'S STUDIO 274 IS NOW FOR SALE. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER REPORTS. STUDIO 274 PROVIDED I.T. OPPORTUNITIES FOR A COMMUNITY THAT NEEDED IT MOST. BUT NOW THE STUDIO'S CLOSED UP AND THE BUILDING'S FOR SALE. IT CAME FROM THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF OUR PEOPLE. I MEAN, IT'S JUST BRICKS AND MORTAR, BUT IT'S STILL A REFLECTION OF THOSE HOPES AND DREAMS. THE GOVERNMENT INVESTED $5M INTO THE PROGRAMME OVER EIGHT YEARS, BUT LAST YEAR, FUNDING ENDED. IN A STATEMENT, THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION SAYS ITS EVALUATION SHOWED IT WASN'T CLEAR HOW THE PROGRAMME RELATED TO GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVES, AND IT DIDN'T DEMONSTRATE THE DELIVERY OF LONG-TERM BENEFITS TO STUDENTS. BUT HIGH TECH YOUTH SAYS FIVE INDEPENDENT EVALUATIONS OVER THE YEARS SHOW OTHERWISE, AND ITS PROGRAMME ALSO HAS INDUSTRY SUPPORT. THE WHOLE PROGRAMME OF HIGH TECH YOUTH AND STUDIO 274, I THINK IS REALLY BENEFICIAL TO HAVE THAT INDUSTRY BACKING FROM A NUMBER OF LARGE ORGANISATIONS. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A MISSED OPPORTUNITY HERE. STUDENTS GOT A LOT OUT OF THE PROGRAMME. SOME PEOPLE, THEY DON'T REALISE THEIR TALENT TILL THEY COME HERE. I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT SKILLS, RIGHT? THEY JUST NEED TO DEVELOP THEM, AND THEY DEVELOP THEM HERE. HIGH TECH YOUTH OFFERED STUDIO 274 AS A GIFT TO KIA AROHA COLLEGE WHERE IT'S CURRENTLY BASED. HOWEVER, THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TURNED IT DOWN, CITING ONGOING AND UNNECESSARY COSTS. I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE REASONS WHY, BUT THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MAKES ITS DECISIONS BASED ON ITS OWN CRITERIA, I GUESS. WHILE THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION HAD ISSUES WITH THE HIGH TECH YOUTH PROGRAMME, FOREIGN AFFAIRS IS FUNDING IT ACROSS THE PACIFIC. CLOSER TO HOME, THE CHARITY SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS INTO I.T. BARBARA DREAVER, 1 NEWS. LONG-SERVING LABOUR MP ANNETTE KING HAS GIVEN HER VALEDICTORY SPEECH IN PARLIAMENT TONIGHT. HERE'S WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT BEING A NERVOUS YOUNG MP ON HER FIRST SELECT COMMITTEE. I DIDN'T OPEN MY MOUTH FOR SIX WEEKS. (SOFT CHUCKLING) AFTER A WHILE, I GOT ENOUGH COURAGE TO ASK A QUESTION, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS, BUT I CAN STILL MULDOON FIXING ME WITH THAT STARE AND SAYING, (GOOFILY) 'WHO'S SHE?' (LAUGHTER) I QUICKLY LEARNT THAT YOU NEED A SENSE OF HUMOUR IF YOU'RE GOING TO SURVIVE IN THIS PLACE. THAT WAS RETIRING LABOUR MP ANNETTE KING SPEAKING A SHORT TIME AGO IN PARLIAMENT. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND THE ALL BLACKS ARE HIT BY INJURY A WEEK OUT FROM THE BLEDISLOE. It is a great shame. Jordan Barrett is out a contention. THE YOUNG MAN WHO'S HAD A SENSATIONAL SEASON WILL NOW HAVE SEVERAL MONTHS OUT OF THE GAME. HE KEPT HIS CHIN UP TODAY, THOUGH, AS HIS TEAMMATES GATHERED AROUND HIM. PRETTY FRUSTRATING FOR HIM. HE'S HAD AN AMAZING SIX MONTHS. THAT MEANS A CALL-UP FOR ONE OF THE CRUSADERS' BEST. PLUS ` THE SPRINKLER TECHNICIAN FROM PORIRUA GETS SET TO TAKE ON THE WORLD'S BEST IN DARTS. AND ` THE TONGAN THOR COMES CLEAN OVER THAT TACKLE. SORRY, LIAM. I WOULDN'T DO IT AGAIN, MATE. SORRY, LIAM. I WOULDN'T DO IT AGAIN, MATE. TANIELA TUPOU RETURNS, SO ANY REGRETS IN SIGNING FOR AUSTRALIA? SUNDAY ON Q&A ` AT THE LAST ELECTION, UNITED FUTURE LEADER PETER DUNNE CLUNG ON TO OHARIU BY JUST 710 VOTES. IS LABOUR IN PLAY WITH HIGH-PROFILE CANDIDATE GREG O'CONNOR? OUR COLMAR BRUNTON SNAP POLL WILL TELL YOU. ALL THAT AND MUCH MORE SUNDAY MORNING AT 9 ON TVNZ 1. JUST WHEN HE WAS ON TRACK TO COMPLETING A NEAR-PERFECT SEASON, A BITTER BLOW FOR NEW ALL BLACK JORDIE BARRETT ` THE HURRICANES FULLBACK HAS DAMAGED SHOULDER LIGAMENTS AND IS HEADING FOR SURGERY, WHICH MEANS A LONG-TERM LAYOFF. IT'S A SETBACK FOR A 20-YEAR-OLD WHO'S LOOKED RIGHT AT HOME IN THE TEST ARENA. JORDIE BARRETT WAS BACK WITH HIS ALL BLACKS TEAMMATES TODAY IN AUCKLAND, PUTTING ON A BRAVE FACE, BUT HIS 2017 SEASON IS OVER. IT'S A PRETTY CLEAR-CUT INJURY; LIGAMENT'S COME OFF. SO IT'S JUST A BASIC REATTACHMENT. AN OPERATION WOULD MEAN LONG-ISH TERM? YEAH, GENERALLY THOSE THINGS ARE FOUR TO SIX MONTHS, AREN'T THEY? THE INJURY OCCURRED LATE IN THE SUPER RUGBY SEMI A FORTNIGHT AGO BETWEEN THE HURRICANES AND LIONS. BARRETT HIT INTO A TACKLE, ATTEMPTING TO HOLD THE BALL UP FOR A MAUL TURNOVER, AND HE WAS CAUGHT AWKWARDLY. HE STAYED DOWN AFTERWARDS AND WAS REPLACED FIVE MINUTES LATER. IT'S PRETTY FRUSTRATING FOR HIM. HE'S HAD AN AMAZING SIX MONTHS. BARRETT JR'S INJURY MEANS A CALL-UP FOR DAVID HAVILI. THE UTILITY BACK'S ONLY 22 BUT HAS PLAYED OVER 50 GAMES COMBINED FOR THE CRUSADERS AND TASMAN, AND HAS BEEN A STAND OUT FOR THE PAST TWO SUPER SEASONS. HE BRINGS A NICE ALL-ROUND SKILLSET THAT WE'VE BEEN INTERESTED IN FOR A WHILE, WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO FIND A PLACE. FULLBACK FOR HIM, DO YOU THINK? YEAH, I THINK SO. WHILE HAVILI AND THE CHAMPION CRUSADERS AND COACH STEVE HANSEN WERE HELD UP BY FOG IN CHRISTCHURCH TODAY, THE INTENTION FOR THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP IS CRYSTAL CLEAR AFTER THE LIONS RESULT. IT WAS AN EXCITING SERIES. IT FINISHED IN A REALLY INTERESTING SPOT, DIDN'T IT? I THINK WE ALL FELT A BIT FLAT WITH IT. AND WE'VE CERTAINLY GONE AWAY AND DONE A LOT OF WORK ON HOW WE COULD'VE BEEN BETTER. FOSTER EXPECTS OTHER TEAMS TO THROW LIONS-LIKE FAST DEFENCE AT THEM IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP ` SOMETHING THEY'LL NEED TO COMBAT. THAT CHALLENGE HAS TAKEN ON A NEW TWIST WITH THE UNAVAILABILITY OF JORDIE BARRETT. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE CONFIRMED SONNY BILL WILLIAMS WILL PLAY IN A COUNTIES 'B' TEAM TRIAL GAME ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WILLIAMS HASN'T PLAYED SINCE BEING SENT OFF IN THE SECOND LIONS TEST NEARLY SIX WEEKS AGO. HE NEEDS SOME MATCH TIME, AND HE'S READY AND AVAILABLE ON ALL COUNTS. AND SO THERE'S NO REASON WHY HE WON'T. BACK WITH HIS TEST TEAMMATES TODAY, SONNY BILL WILL PLAY 40 MINUTES AT THE BOMBAY RUGBY CLUB ON SATURDAY. THE COUNTIES MANUKAU CLUB CHAMPS, BOMBAY IS THE HOME TO FORMER ALL BLACKS CAPTAIN ANDY DALTON AND SCOTTISH KIWI SEAN LINEEN. THE BLACK FERNS HAVE MADE A PERFECT START TO THE WOMEN'S RUGBY WORLD CUP, POURING ON EIGHT TRIES TO THRASH WALES 44-12. THE BACK THREE DID ALL THE DAMAGE, WITH FULLBACK SELICA WINIATA SHOWING GOOD SUPPORT PLAY AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL BRILLIANCE. TO WINIATA! WINIATA'S GONE! SCORED ONE IN THE FIRST! BEATS ONE AND THEN OFFLOADS. WICKLIFFE SETS IT UP! HERE COMES THE FIRST HAT TRICK OF THE WOMEN'S RUGBY WORLD CUP! WINGER RENEE WICKLIFFE GRABBED A DOUBLE, WHICH EARNED PLAYER OF THE MATCH HONOURS. ALTHOUGH IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE MAUL DEFENCE, ESPECIALLY WITH MUCH TOUGHER OPPONENTS ON THE HORIZON. I THINK THE FOCUS IS GOING BACK TO HAVE A LOOK AT OUR GAME AND WHAT WE DID WELL TODAY, AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK ON OUR LINEOUTS, ESPECIALLY AFTER TODAY. THE SECOND POOL MATCH IS AGAINST HONG KONG ON SUNDAY NIGHT. FIRST BLAIR TUKE, AND NOW HIS AMERICA'S CUP-WINNING MATE PETER BURLING IS HAVING A CRACK AT THE VOLVO OCEAN RACE. BURLING WILL SET OFF TOMORROW ABOARD TEAM BRUNEL IN THE LATEST VOLVO QUALIFYING RACE FROM PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND TO SAINT-MALO IN FRANCE. BURLING'S JUST SAILED THE FASTNET RACE ABOARD SUPERYACHT NIKATA, POSTING THIS AS THE FLEET SAILED AROUND THE FASTNET ROCK. THAT EXPERIENCE IS ONLY STRENGTHENING HIS AMBITION TO BE PART OF THE FAMOUS OCEAN RACE. HE'LL SAIL MORE THAN HALF THE 11 LEGS WHEN THE RACE BEGINS PROPER IN OCTOBER, INCLUDING THE ONES INTO AND OUT OF AUCKLAND. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THE MOST-WATCHED RACE AT THE WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPS WOULD FEATURE A LONE RUNNER RACING ONLY AGAINST THE CLOCK. THAT'S BECOME THE BIZARRE STORY OF BOTSWANA'S ISAAC MAKWALA, QUARANTINED FROM HIS 200M EVENT BECAUSE OF A SUSPECTED VIRUS, THEN GIVEN A REPRIEVE BY THE SPORT'S GOVERNING BODY. HERE'S THE BBC'S ANDY SWISS. YESTERDAY HIS DREAM SEEMED OVER; TONIGHT HE'S THROUGH TO THE FINAL. FOR ISAAC MAKWALA, A REMARKABLE DAY IN HIS INCREASINGLY REMARKABLE STORY. HE BEGAN IT QUARANTINED IN HIS HOTEL AND BARRED FROM COMPETING, DESPITE HIS PROTESTS. HE SAID THE ATHLETICS AUTHORITIES HAD SABOTAGED HIS HOPES. I LOST EVERYTHING. THE WAY THEY DID IT, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING THEY DON'T WANT TO TELL US. THERE'S SOMETHING FISHY THEY DON'T WANT TO TELL US HERE. THE IAAF INSISTED SUCH CLAIMS WERE ABSURD THE IAAF INSISTED SUCH CLAIMS WERE ABSURD AND, COME THE AFTERNOON, A DRAMATIC TWIST ` MAKWALA HEADING TO THE STADIUM AFTER BEING TOLD HIS QUARANTINE HAD FINISHED AND HE COULD RACE HIS 200M HEAT, SOME 48 HOURS AFTER HIS RIVALS. AND SO, IN APPALLING CONDITIONS FOR SPRINTING, THE SURREAL SIGHT OF A ONE-MAN RACE, MAKWALA AGAINST THE CLOCK. HE NEEDED 20.53 TO MAKE IT TO THE SEMIS, AND WITH THE CROWD WILLING HIM ON, IT WAS NEVER IN DOUBT. I THINK THAT IS A MESSAGE TO THE IAAF TO SAY 'I'M FIT AND HEALTHY.' EVEN HIS RIVAL WAYDE VAN NIEKERK COULD ONLY WATCH AND APPLAUD. BARELY TWO HOURS LATER, HE WAS BACK,... (CROWD ROARS) ...THE NEW FANS' FAVOURITE. BUT IF MAKWALA WAS TIRED, HE DIDN'T SHOW IT AS, FROM THE INSIDE LANE, HE SUMMONED HIS STRENGTH AND CHARGED INTO THE FINAL. WHAT A PERFORMANCE FROM ISAAC MAKWALA. I WISH TO THANK THE IAAF TO GIVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE. AND THE CROWD IS SO AMAZING. YOU KNOW, THEY LED ME TO BELIEVE. AND SO A MAN WHO COULDN'T EVEN VISIT THE STADIUM THIS MORNING COULD TOMORROW BE ITS CHAMPION. TO THE CARIBBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE, WHERE BRENDON MCCULLUM AND COLIN MUNRO HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN BY AN IMPRESSIVE BOWLING PERFORMANCE FROM THE JAMAICAN TALLAWAHS. THE FORMER BLACKCAPS SKIPPER WAS OFF TO A BLISTERING START FOR TRINIDAD BUT SPEARHEAD KESRICK WILLIAMS ENDED HIS RUN ON 19, MAKING WAY FOR FELLOW KIWI MUNRO. HE TOO SHOWED SOME FIREWORKS, HELPING HIS SIDE TO REACH 100 IN A CPL RECORD 48 BALLS. (CROWD ROARS) THAT... HAS GOT SMOKED! FOR ANOTHER HERO MATCH, THEY'RE GONNA FINISH THE EIGHTH. THE 100 IS UP. IT IS 101-2 NOW. BUT IT WASN'T LONG UNTIL THE BLACKCAP WAS BACK IN THE SHEDS FOR 41, SPARKING A COLLAPSE. JAMAICA ENDED THE KNIGHT RIDERS' WINNING STREAK WITH A FOUR-WICKET VICTORY, WITH MORE THAN AN OVER TO SPARE. TIME TO GET DRESSED UP... OR DOWN. THE WORLD'S BEST DARTS PLAYERS ARE BACK HERE AND SET TO SEND OFF THEIR BIGGEST STAR. MR DARTS ` PHIL TAYLOR ` IS HERE FOR THE LAST TIME AND WILL START OFF AGAINST A VIRTUAL KIWI UNKNOWN IN WEST AUCKLAND TOMORROW NIGHT. STEPHEN STUART HAS MORE. YOU COULD UNDERSTAND DARREN HEREWINI AND CODY HARRIS BEING LAST TO ARRIVE FOR THE DARTS MASTERS LAUNCH IN WEST AUCKLAND. THEY'VE JUST COME FROM BATTLING EACH OTHER IN A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AT MOTUEKA, NEAR NELSON. HEREWINI, A 25-YEAR-OLD SPRINKLER TECHNICIAN FROM PORIRUA, BRINGS WINNING FORM. AND HE'LL NEED IT, AS HE'S NOW GOT 'THE POWER' ` PHIL 'THE POWER' TAYLOR IN HIS OPENING MATCH. # I'VE GOT THE POWER. # I WAS HOPING I WOULD ACTUALLY DRAW HIM. AND IT'S GOOD. IT'S JUST GOING TO BETTER MY DARTS CAREER AND HAVE A BIT OF FUN WITH THE GAME. TAYLOR, THE 16-TIME WORLD CHAMPION, IS EFFECTIVELY ON HIS FAREWELL WORLD TOUR AND RECKONS COMING UP AGAINST COMPLETE UNKNOWNS HAS HELPED KEEP HIM ON HIS THROWS OVER THE YEARS. BECAUSE I HAD A WIN LAST WEEK, IT PUT ME BACK UP TO NUMBER FOUR IN THE WORLD, WHICH IS A NIGHTMARE, REALLY, BECAUSE THEY KEEP INVITING ME TO THINGS. BUT, COME JANUARY, THAT'S IT FOR ME. AND THE NEW WAVE OF YOUNG DARTERS, THE LIKES OF DARYL 'SUPER CHIN' GURNEY ` A PLUMBER FROM NORTHERN IRELAND ` ARE STARTING TO MAKE THEIR MARK. STILL ON A NINE. (CROWD CHEERS) STILL ON A NINE! WE NEED MORE IRISH PLAYERS COMING THROUGH. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT ONES BACK HOME, IT'S JUST FINDING THAT RIGHT PERSON. BUT REPLACING THE FORMER CERAMICS WORKER FROM BURSLEM, STAFFORDSHIRE, WHO POWERED THE SPORT TO A WHOLE NEW AUDIENCE, WILL TAKE SOME DOING. STEPHEN STUART, 1 NEWS. THE 'TONGAN THOR' IS ON THE VERGE OF REALISING HIS WALLABIES RUGBY DREAM A FEW YEARS AFTER DOMINATING THE AUCKLAND SCHOOLBOY COMPETITION. QUEENSLAND REDS PROP TANIELA TUPOU HAS JUST ARRIVED BACK IN THE COUNTRY FOR A QUICK VISIT. HE CAUGHT UP WITH MATT MANUKIA. BACK WHERE IT ALL BEGAN ` IT WAS JUST THREE YEARS AGO THAT TANIELA TUPOU MADE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES AS AN AUCKLAND SCHOOLBOY STAR. (CHUCKLES) YEAH, QUITE A FEW PEOPLE RECOGNISE ME FROM THAT VIDEO. I GUESS THAT'S HOW I GOT MY CONTRACT WITH THE REDS. AND HE'S GONE FROM BULLDOZING SCHOOL KIDS,... IT'S GONE TO THE BIG MAN! ...TO STEAMROLLING SUPER RUGBY PLAYERS... LOOK AT TUPOU. PRETTY HARD ASK FOR A FLY HALF. ...AND ALL BLACKS. IT'S TANIELA TUPOU. OH MY GOODNESS! OH MY GOODNESS! SORRY, LIAM, I WON'T DO IT AGAIN, MATE. HE HAS NO REGRETS ABOUT LEAVING NZ, ESPECIALLY AFTER SPENDING TIME IN THE WALLABIES' WIDER TRAINING SQUAD. I DON'T HATE THE ALL BLACKS; I DON'T HATE NZ OR ANYTHING; I JUST SUPPORTED AUSTRALIA. EVEN WHEN CATCHING THE ALL BLACKS MEANS RUNNING HILLS WITH TAPE OVER HIS MOUTH. MEANS RUNNING HILLS WITH TAPE OVER HIS MOUTH. WE HAD TO DO IT. I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT WE HAD TO DO IT. HE'S COME A LONG WAY FROM DOING THE CHORES BACK HOME IN TONGA, WHERE HIS MUM STILL LIVES WITH HIS TWO LITTLE SISTERS. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, MY DAD PASSED AWAY, AND IT'S JUST MY MUM AT THE MOMENT. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO ` I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE HER HAPPY. I'M TRYING TO GIVE BACK TO HER WHILE SHE'S STILL ALIVE. AND HE'LL GET A STEP CLOSER TO THAT DREAM WHEN HE BECOMES ELIGIBLE TO PLAY FOR THE WALLABIES THROUGH RESIDENCY IN NOVEMBER. MATT MANUKIA, 1 NEWS. He is going well. He has time on his side. THANKS, ANDREW. What is a body architect? ALSO, WHEN THE GREAT OUTDOORS IS YOUR OFFICE. ARE YOU READY? SQUATS! THREE, TWO, ONE, GO! BUT SHOULD PERSONAL TRAINERS HAVE TO PAY TO RUN THEIR BOOTCAMPS AT OUR PUBLIC PARKS? PLUS, FANCY A PERFUME YOU SWALLOW AS OPPOSED TO SPRAY? WHEN YOU PERSPIRE, A GENETICALLY ENHANCED FRAGRANCE IS EMITTED THROUGH THE SKIN'S SURFACE. WE MEET A WOMAN MAKING A LIVING OUT OF TURNING THINGS UPSIDE DOWN. We are live from rainbows end To send this old girl into the sunset. I am going to be riding it for the entire show They sometimes say that mother nature does not have a calendar in the kitchen, AND YOU WILL PROBABLY THINK THAT when she gives us what she does. The fairly active with the system has been working its way slowly. This is what is coming. There is a brief bridge there. That next thing is setting in for the weekend. It will be dragging and some colder air from the Southern Ocean. You do not really get a chance to enjoy some decent, fine weather. The last few clumps to clear away. That is a bit thundery tomorrow. The Chatham Islands had a wet day. It is better tomorrow for them. There is a Norwest at 13. For us, that first clump of moisture moves across the North Island. The Low is away from the far south. It quiet and is down after a quite blustery start. Another spell of wet weather to the west of the country. It is like it is spring, but it is fairly mild. The cold air starts to come in later in the weekend. That will drop off snow level into early next week, and that is the next thing. There are all these different with assistance coming at us. Compare the highs in the South Island to the highs in the North Island by the time we get to Sunday. The trough works through in the morning, so it is a blustery start, it is improving or quieting by the end of the day. That is all clearing away. The new system touches the far south and the west by the end of the day. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ So some spots still seeing that snow but a bit of a taste of spring.