IT'S MIDDAY. A GUNMAN STILL ON THE LOOSE. A MAJOR MANHUNT CONTINUES IN MORRINSVILLE AFTER AN ARMED MAN OPENED FIRE ON POLICE. HUNDREDS OF ANONYMOUS STORIES ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES NURSES FACE ARE PRESENTED TO POLITICIANS IN WELLINGTON. AND AN EMOTIONAL FINAL BOW ON THE TRACK. THE FASTEST MAN IN HISTORY OFFICIALLY RETIRES. AHI AHI MARIE. GOOD AFTERNOON. FIRST ON MIDDAY, A GUNMAN BELIEVED TO BE IN POSSESSION OF A SEMI-AUTOMATIC MILITARY-GRADE WEAPON IS STILL AT LARGE AFTER OPENING FIRE ON POLICE IN MORRINSVILLE OVER THE WEEKEND. THERE'S BEEN A HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE IN THE WAIKATO TOWN THIS MORNING AS OFFICERS CONTINUE THEIR INVESTIGATION. 1 NEWS REPORTER SAM KELWAY IS LIVE IN MORRINSVILLE AND JOINS US NOW. SAM, WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? AS YOU CAN SEE, THE POLICE PRESENCE IS STILL HERE THEY STAND GUARD ABOUT 2 MINUTES OUTSIDE MVLE POLICE HAD TO TAKE COVER IN FARMLAND A RED HOLDEN - ONE PERSON IS IN CUSTODY, ANOTHER IS STILL AT LARGE THERE IS A POLICE PRESENCE IN A BARN NEAR ME POLICE WANT ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE RED HOLDEN MATAMATA'S MAYOR SAYS MANY RESIDENCE WERE FRIGHTENED THIS WEEKEND THIS ROAD WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON PRIME MINISTER BILL ENGLISH IS DEFENDING PART OF NATIONAL'S YOUTH CRIME POLICY FOLLOWING CRITICISM FROM OPPOSITION PARTIES WHO SAY SENDING OFFENDERS TO A BOOT CAMP HAS BEEN TRIED BY PREVIOUS GOVERNMENTS AND FAILED. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THE YEAR-LONG CAMP WOULD BE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE COMMITTED SERIOUS CRIMES, INCLUDING MURDER, AGGRAVATED ROBBERY AND RAPE. HE SAYS WHILE THERE'S NO EVIDENCE TO SHOW IT WILL BE EFFECTIVE, THE ALTERNATIVE IS THEY'LL END UP IN PRISON. THIS IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. IT'S INTENSIVE, WRAP-AROUND, A LOT LONGER THAN THE 'SHORT, SHARP SHOCK' MODEL, WHICH DOES HAVE SOME LIMITATIONS. AND IT'S WORTH HAVING A CRACK AT. THE POLICE ASSOCIATION IS WELCOMING THE POLICY, BUT SAYS AN 'ARMY-STYLE' DISCIPLINE APPROACH WON'T WORK. THE THING THAT HAS TO BE LOOKED AT IS HOW THEY'RE TARGETED. IT CAN'T JUST BE GETTING IN THERE AND TEACHING PEOPLE TO MARCH AND BEING STRICT AROUND THEM. YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE A LOOK AT THEIR DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION ISSUES, HAVE A LOOK AT THE EDUCATION, HAVE A LOOK AT THEIR VIOLENCE HISTORY AND SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO ABOUT CALMING THEIR ANGER MANAGEMENT. YOUTH OFFENDING IS THE SECOND LARGEST DRIVER OF CRIME IN NEW ZEALAND, BEHIND METHAMPHETAMINE OFFENCES. LABOUR IS PROMISING FREE DRIVING LESSONS, BUDGETING COURSES AND CAREER ADVICE FOR SCHOOL LEAVERS. THE PARTY SAYS THERE NEEDS TO BE LESS EMPHASIS ON CONSTANT ASSESSMENTS AND MORE EMPHASIS ON PRACTICAL LIFE SKILLS. ANNOUNCED A SHORT TIME AGO, THE EDUCATION POLICY WOULD GIVE STUDENTS FIVE HOURS OF PROFESSIONAL DRIVING LESSONS AS WELL MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO GAIN WORKPLACE QUALIFICATIONS. BACK WHEN I WAS AT SCHOOL, MY HIGH SCHOOL WOULD OPEN UP IN THE EVENING TO TEACH US DEFENSIVE DRIVING. SCHOOLS DIDN'T RUN IN MY DAY FROM 9 TILL 3. THEY OPENED IN THE EVENINGS SO WE COULD DO EXTRA ADULT AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANNA BRING BACK. LABOUR'S PLAN WILL COST ABOUT $80m A YEAR. A CHRONIC UNDERFUNDING OF THE HEALTH SERVICE ` THAT'S WHAT NURSES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY SAY THEY ARE FACING. THE NURSES ORGANSATION HAVE GATHERED STORIES FROM CASH-STRAPPED HOSPITALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THEY HAVE COLLECTED THEM IN A BOOK WHICH THEY DELIVERED TO MPs TODAY. WE ARE SEEING DOCTORS SPEAK OUT, PATIENTS, DHB CHIEF EXECUTIVES AND BOARD MEMBERS. WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY WITH THIS BOOK IS PROVIDING MORE EVIDENCE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF UNDERFUNDING ON OUR HEALTH SERVICES. THE UNION SAID IT RECEIVED OVER 500 ANONYMOUS STORIES ABOUT SHORTAGES FROM HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS. A SEVERE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN PLACE AROUND CANTERBURY AS HEAVY RAINFALL LASHES THE REGION. SOME ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED, WITH SURFACE FLOODING IN CHRISTCHURCH. UP TO 50mm OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL BY THIS EVENING. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS DEPLOYED PUMPS IN FLOCKTON, BROMLEY AND SOUTHSHORE AS A PRECAUTION. RESIDENTS IN LOW-LYING AREAS ARE BEING ADVISED TO CONTACT THE COUNCIL IF THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT RISING WATER LEVELS. THE SELWYN DISTRICT COUNCIL'S OPENED UP AN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTRE TO ASSIST FLOOD-AFFECTED RESIDENTS. NZ POST HAS STOPPED AUDIO RECORDINGS ON DEVICES INSTALLED IN THE NEW DELIVERY VEHICLES AFTER THE WORKERS' UNION CLAIMED THEY WERE A BREACH OF PRIVACY. THE COMPANY IS TALKING TO THE PRIVACY COMMISSIONER AND REVIEWING THE ISSUE AFTER THE UNION COMPLAINED THAT WHILE VIDEO RECORDINGS ARE NEEDED FOR SAFETY, AUDIO RECORDINGS OF PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED. THE WHITE HOUSE HAS DEFENDED DONALD TRUMP'S STATEMENT OVER THE VIOLENCE AT A WHITE NATIONALIST RALLY IN VIRGINIA. THE PRESIDENT IS UNDER FIRE, EVEN BY SOME FELLOW REPUBLICANS, FOR FAILING TO EXPLICITLY CONDEMN THE FAR RIGHT AFTER THEY CLASHED WITH OPPOSITION GROUPS. THE BBC'S LAURA BICKER REPORTS. THE VIRGINIAN GOVERNOR WENT FROM ROW TO ROW, HUGGING WORSHIPERS IN THIS BAPTIST CHURCH. HE PROMISED TO KEEP POLITICS OUT OF THE PULPIT, BUT THERE WAS A MESSAGE HE FELT HE HAD TO GIVE. IT IS ABOUT POLITICS, IN THAT THE POLITICAL RHETORIC IN THIS COUNTRY TODAY HAS BREEDED BIGOTRY AND HATRED. (APPLAUSE) HUNDREDS OF WHITE SUPREMACISTS GATHERED IN THE CITY YESTERDAY FOR A PLANNED RALLY. BRAWLING BROKE OUT AS FAR-RIGHT GROUPS INCLUDING THE KU KLUX KLAN WERE CHALLENGED BY CIVIL-RIGHTS ACTIVISTS. A CAR, AT SPEED, RAMMED INTO PROTESTERS. THE CRASH KILLED HEATHER HEYER (32), WHO'D FOUGHT RACISM ALL HER LIFE. POLICE HAVE CHARGED JAMES FIELDS (20) WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. CROWD CHANTS: SHAME! SHAME SHAME! ONE OF THE ORGANISERS OF THE FAR-RIGHT RALLY TRIED TO HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE. HE WAS HECKLED, ALMOST DROWNED OUT. I WOULD LIKE TO CONDEMN ANY OF THE VIOLENCE THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY. SHAME! SHAME! AS THE CROWD SHOUTED HIM DOWN, HE TRIED TO LEAVE. BUT INSTEAD HE WAS FORCED TO FLEE. THE PRESIDENT STOPPED SHORT OF EXPLICITLY CONDEMNING THE ALT-RIGHT FOR THESE VIOLENT SCENES. AND SOME FEAR THAT HAVING DONALD TRUMP IN THE WHITE HOUSE HAS EMBOLDENED WHITE SUPREMACISTS. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO CALL THESE PEOPLE WHAT THEY ARE ` WHITE SUPREMACISTS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT IS SO DIFFICULT. THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE. THEY'RE NOT HIDING THIS BEHIND A STATUE. THEY DIDN'T COME HERE BECAUSE OF A STATUE. THEY CAME HERE BECAUSE, JUST AS DAVID DUKE SAID YESTERDAY, THEY CAME TO FULFIL THE PROMISE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AND TAKE THEIR COUNTRY BACK. CALM HAS BEEN RESTORED FOR NOW. GIVING THIS CITY TIME TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WHILE CHALLENGING HATE AND TRYING TO KEEP THE PEACE. A TOP US INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL SAYS THERE IS NO IMMINENT THREAT OF A NUCLEAR WAR WITH NORTH KOREA, BUT THE COUNTRY IS GETTING CLOSER TO BEING ABLE TO DEPLOY A NUCLEAR WEAPON. CIA DIRECTOR MIKE POMPEO SAYS NORTH KOREA IS MOVING AT AN 'EVER ALARMING RATE' WITH ITS WEAPONS PROGRAMME AND ANOTHER TEST WOULDN'T BE SURPRISING. BUT HE ALSO ADDED 'STRATEGIC PATIENCE' FROM WASHINGTON WAS OVER. HE'S BEEN DUBBED THE 'MIRACLE BOY' AFTER SURVIVING A DESTRUCTIVE KICK TO THE HEAD IN BRISBANE. KIWI TEEN JOSHUA WAITE WAS NEVER EXPECTED TO LIVE AFTER THE INCIDENT. BUT NEARLY FOUR MONTHS ON FROM THE INCIDENT, HE IS NOW ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY. CHANNEL NINE'S ROB MORRISON WENT TO SPEAK TO HIM. FOR 16 DAYS, THIS WAS JOSHUA WAITE. 17, A TALENTED ATHLETE, IN A DEEP COMA. JOSHUA'S IN HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF ONE CRAZY DECISION ON MAY 12, AN INCIDENT CAUGHT ON CAMERA. THE FOOTAGE SHOWS THE VICTIM AND HIS FRIENDS WALKING INTO THE McDONALD'S CAR PARK. THE VICTIM MAKES TO WALK AWAY. IT'S THEN, FROM BEHIND, HE RECEIVES A SINGLE HIGH KICK TO THE HEAD AND FALLS TO THE CONCRETE GROUND. A SINGLE BLOW THAT KNOCKED HIM DOWN. JAKE LAW-COBBO (18) WAS ACCUSED OF THE ASSAULT. HE IS BEHIND BARS, CHARGED WITH GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM. AS THE LATEST ALLEGED COWARD HIT MAKES HEADLINES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, JOSH IS LOSING HIS BATTLE. I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA DIE, NOT JUST ON ONE OCCASION, THERE WAS A LEAST FOUR OCCASIONS WHEN I SAW SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, WHEN HE WAS IN INTENSIVE CARE, THAT I THOUGHT JOSHIE WAS GONNA DIE. THEN, AFTER MORE THAN TWO WEEKS, AGAINST ALL ODDS, JOSH WAKES UP. BUT HE'S NOT IN THE CLEAR. HIS BRAIN IS STILL SWELLING, AND DOCTORS HAD TO REMOVE PART OF HIS SKULL. BUT WITH EVERY PASSING DAY, HE GETS STRONGER. IN TWO WEEKS HE IS TALKING, EATING AS WELL. IT'S NOT BEEN FOUR MONTHS, AND IT TURNS OUT THE BOY WHO WAS MEANT TO DIE WAS, ALL ALONG, A MIRACLE MAN. I REMEMBER WAKING UP IN HOSPITAL AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHY I WAS IN HOSPITAL. IT WAS KINDA WEIRD, JUST WAKING UP AND JUST FINALLY REMEMBERING, AND, YEAH, LIKE, LOOKING AROUND, REALLY CONFUSED, THINKING, 'WHY ARE YOU IN HOSPITAL?' SORT OF THING. JOSH STILL SPENDS HOURS IN REHABILITATION EVERY WEEK. HE HAS NO SENSE OF SMELL. BUT HIS BRAIN FUNCTION IS SLOWLY RETURNING. I'M ALWAYS, LIKE, THINKING, 'AM I GONNA GET HIT?' OR SOMETHING, AND I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE WALKING TOO CLOSE BEHIND ME. IT MAKES ME FEEL ANXIOUS. JOSH HAS NO MEMORY OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CAR PARK. FOR NOW, HE'S JUST HAPPY TO BE ALIVE. KENYA'S OPPOSITION LEADER RAILA ODINGA HAS CALLED FOR A WORKERS' STRIKE OVER THE COUNTRY'S ELECTION RESULTS, WHICH HAVE CAUSED WIDESPREAD UNREST. HE ACCUSES THE RULING PARTY OF 'SPILLING THE BLOOD OF THE INNOCENT' AFTER MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN PROTESTS. IT COMES DESPITE GROWING PRESSURE FOR MR ODINGA TO CONCEDE DEFEAT. HE CLAIMS THE ELECTION RESULTS WERE MANIPULATED, BUT INTERNATIONAL WATCHDOGS SAY THE VOTE WAS FAIR. NOW, DUBAI HAS TAKEN THE TERM 'ROOM WITH A VIEW' TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE VILLAS IN DUBAI'S WORLD ISLANDS. THE FUTURISTIC VILLAGE OFFERS VIEWS OF ITS OWN CORAL GARDEN. BUT IF YOU'RE SCARED YOU MIGHT GET A BIT SEA SICK, FEAR NOT. HALF THE HOME IS ABOVE WATER, AND THEY'LL SET YOU BACK A COOL $5M. BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF SPARE CHANGE LYING AROUND, HOW ABOUT $500,000? A SMALL ISLAND IN SCOTLAND CAN BE ALL YOURS FOR $500,000. IF IT SOUNDS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE, WELL, YES, THERE'S A CATCH. CHANNEL NINE'S MICHAEL BEST EXPLAINS. (GENTLE MUSIC) IT RISES UP FROM THE IRISH SEA ` AN ISOLATED PLACE THAT CAN ONLY BE REACHED BY A BUMPY BOAT RIDE AND A SCRAMBLE UP THE ROCKY SHORE. IT'S CALLED LITTLE ROSS ISLAND ` A WINDSWEPT OUTCROP NEAR THE SOUTH-WESTERN SCOTTISH COAST. IT'S HOME TO A LIGHTHOUSE, A SIX-BEDROOM COTTAGE AND A FEW CRUMBLING OUTBUILDINGS. AND IT'S FOR SALE. IT'S ON THE MARKET FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER FOR OFFERS OVER AROUND AUD$540,000. RIGHT NOW, SIR DAVID HOPE-DUNBAR HOLDS THE TITLE. FOR SOMEBODY WHO LIVES A BUSY LIFE, WHO WANTS TO GET AWAY ENTIRELY FROM CIVILISATION. IT ALL SOUNDS WONDERFUL, BUT THE COTTAGE IS DAMP. IT NEEDS A BIG RENOVATION. AND THERE'S A DARKER SECRET. (DRAMATIC MUSIC) THE LIGHTHOUSE MAY BE AUTOMATIC NOW, BUT IT USED TO BE MANNED. AND BACK IN 1960, THE KEEPER, HUGH CLARK, WAS MURDERED BY HIS ASSISTANT, WHO FLED AND WAS LATER CAUGHT. IT MADE LITTLE ROSS INFAMOUS. BUT THAT'S AN UNFORTUNATE STORY. IT COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE WHERE TWO PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY AND ONE GOT ON THE OTHER'S NERVES. PROBABLY HAPPENS IN QUITE A LOT OF MARRIAGES, BETWEEN ME AND YOU. GHOSTS OR NOT, THE ISLAND IS ATTRACTING A LOT OF ATTENTION. WE'VE HAD INQUIRIES FROM GERMANY, SWITZERLAND, AUSTRALIA, AMERICA AND EVEN TASMANIA, I THINK, WAS ONE OF THE ENQUIRIES, SO, YEAH, RIGHT AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, OFFERS CLOSE SOON. IF SOMEBODY WANTS THE SECLUSION OF BEING LAIRD OF THEIR OWN ESTATE, THEN THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY. THEN YOU JUST NEED A TITLE AND TARTAN TO REALLY FIT IN. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` IT WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST MIGRATIONS IN HUMAN HISTORY, AND ONE OF THE BLOODIEST. THIS WEEK MARKS 70 YEARS SINCE INDIA AND PAKISTAN BECAME INDEPENDENT FROM BRITAIN. AND THE BLACK FERNS OUT-PACE AND OUT-CLASSES HONG KONG AT THE WORLD CUP. WELCOME BACK. THIS WEEK, INDIA AND PAKISTAN MARK 70 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN ` A MOMENT OF FREEDOM THAT CAME AMID ONE OF THE LARGEST MASS MIGRATIONS THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN. THE MUSLIM-MAJORITY STATE OF PAKISTAN WAS CREATED, WITH MUSLIMS TRAVELLING IN THAT DIRECTION, WHILE HINDUS AND SIKHS HEADED TOWARDS INDIA. RELIGIOUS TENSIONS ERUPTED IN THE REGION, AND AROUND ONE MILLION PEOPLE ARE THOUGHT TO HAVE DIED. MANY SOUTH ASIANS FLED TO BRITAIN. SEVEN DECADES ON, THEY'VE BEEN TELLING THE BBC'S KAVITA PURI THEIR STORIES. AND ALL THE TIME THE BLOODSHED GOES ON, AS THE NEW DOMINIONS OF PAKISTAN AND INDIA TAKE OVER THEIR OWN AFFAIRS... WHEN BRITISH INDIA WAS DIVIDED ALONG RELIGIOUS LINES, PEOPLE WHO'D LIVED SIDE BY SIDE FOR CENTURIES SOON FOUND THEMSELVES AS A MINORITY IN A NEW COUNTRY. THEY FLED IN THEIR MILLIONS ACROSS THE NEW BORDERS. THROUGHOUT THESE VAST LANDS, HINDUS AND MUSLIMS SEEK SAFETY IN NEW SURROUNDINGS. RAJ DASWANI LIVES IN LONDON. 70 YEARS AGO, HIS FAMILY FLED PAKISTAN FOR INDIA. HE LEFT HIS HOME AND HIS FIRST LOVE, YASMIN. RAJ WAS A HINDU; YASMIN A MUSLIM. WE USED TO MEET AT THE TERRACE. I USED TO TELL HER, LIKE, PUTTING MY HANDS LIKE THIS AGAINST THE MOON ` THAT 'ONE DAY I'LL GIVE YOU THIS MOON.' THAT PARTING OF EACH OTHER WAS MOST, I WOULD SAY, UNBEARABLE. ONE DAY WE WERE QUITE HAPPY, AND IN THE EVENING, WE WERE MADE TO JUST LEAVE THE HOUSE AND WALK. HARSHIT WAS 11 YEARS OLD AND LIVING IN A SHEIKH VILLAGE IN PUNJAB. THERE'D BEEN RIOTS NEARBY. HIS FAMILY NO LONGER FELT SAFE IN MUSLIM-MAJORITY PAKISTAN AND TRAVELLED BY FOOT IN A LINE TO INDIA. IT BECAME BIGGER AND BIGGER AS WE WALKED ALONG BECAUSE OTHER VILLAGERS ALSO JOINED US, AND IN THE END, IT WAS MILES LONG. ARCHIVE: THE FLEEING FROM THEIR LOOTED, BLOODSTAINED TOWNS COMES A NEW EXODUS ` A MILLION DISPLACED PERSONS. DECADES AFTER RAJ LEFT HIS CHILDHOOD HOME AND HIS FIRST LOVE, HE RETURNED TO KARACHI. FIRST THING I DID, I TOOK THE DUST FROM THE GROUND AND KISSED IT, PUT IT ON MY FOREHEAD. I BROUGHT THESE TWO STONES AS A MEMORY, AS IF I'M STILL CONNECTED WITH MY SIDE, MY BIRTHPLACE. BUT HE NEVER SAW YASMIN AGAIN. AMERICAN GOLFER JUSTIN THOMAS HAS WON HIS FIRST MAJOR TITLE AT THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP IN NORTH CAROLINA. THOMAS STARTED THE FINAL ROUND TWO SHOTS OFF THE PACE BUT WENT INTO A SHARE LEAD ON THE BACK NINE AFTER SINKING THIS 3M MIRACLE BIRDIE. ...TO GET HIM TO ABOUT A SEVEN, WITH BIRDIES. OH, IS IT GONNA HANG THERE? AND THAT'S DOWN GREEN. YEAH, WALK AWAY, TIE YOUR SHOE. DO SOMETHING. I MEAN, IT... IF IT TAKES... OH, IT FALLS! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) HOW 'BOUT THAT! THE 24-YEAR-OLD DIDN'T STOP THERE, STORMING HOME WITH SIX BIRDIES AND THREE BOGEYS EN ROUTE TO A FINAL ROUND OF THREE UNDER 68 AND 8 UNDER OVERALL. (CHEERING) THOMAS WITH THE FINISHING TOUCHES. (CHEERING) KIWI RYAN FOX FINISHED IN 54TH WITH A FINAL ROUND SEVEN OVER 78. SUPERSTAR SPRINTER USAIN BOLT HAS BEEN FAREWELLED FROM INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AT THE WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN LONDON. THE 30-YEAR-OLD WAS GIVEN A PIECE OF THE LONDON TRACK WHERE HE WON THREE OF HIS EIGHT OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS. HE THEN DID A LAP OF HONOUR, WITH THE ENTIRE CROWD ON ITS FEET, CELEBRATING THE MAN WHO HOLDS BOTH THE 100M AND 200M WORLD RECORDS. HE OWES THE WORLD NOTHING, AND WE OWE HIM A DEBT OF GRATITUDE AND A WHOLE HOST OF MEMORIES THAT ARE INDELIBLY ETCHED ON OUR MINDS. DESPITE THE JAMAICAN'S FINAL EVENT NOT QUITE BEING THE FAREWELL HE WAS AFTER, THE CROWD DEFINITELY DIDN'T MIND. FOR ME, I JUST WANTED TO THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT. IT'S BEEN IMMENSE. IT'S BEEN JUST OUTSTANDING. YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY SHOWN ME A LOT OF LOVE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. BOLT IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME AND IS THE ONLY ATHLETE TO PULL OFF THE TRIPLE DOUBLE, WINNING THE TWO SPRINT EVENTS AT THREE CONSECUTIVE OLYMPICS. THE BLACK FERNS HAVE MADE A STATEMENT AT THE RUGBY WORLD CUP, THRASHING HONG KONG 121-0 IN THEIR SECOND POOL PLAY MATCH. EASY PICKINGS FROM THE WORD GO ` THE FERNS CROSSING JUST 50 SECONDS INTO THE GAME, WHILE PORTIA WOODMAN WAS HAVING THE GAME OF HER LIFE, DOTTING DOWN FOR 8 OF THE KIWIS' 19 TRIES. OUT TO WOODMAN PORTIA WOODMAN TOO GOOD! SHE'S A SPRINTER. WELL DESERVED. THEY NOW COME UP AGAINST CANADA IN THE FINAL ROUND ROBIN MATCH ON THURSDAY NIGHT NEW ZEALAND TIME. MANCHESTER UNITED HAVE EASED PAST WINSTON REID'S WEST HAM UNITED IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE AT OLD TRAFFORD WITH AN IMPRESSIVE 4-0 VICTORY TO BEGIN THEIR SEASON. NEW SIGNING BELGIUM INTERNATIONAL REMELU LUKAKU FINDING THE BACK OF THE NET TWICE IN HIS DEBUT FOR THE RED DEVILS. LUKAKU! (CHEERING) NOW A MAN OF MANCHESTER WITHOUT A SHRED OF DOUBT. MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME, SIR. AND TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR HAVE BEATEN PREMIER LEAGUE NEWCOMERS NEWCASTLE 2-0 AT ST JAMES' PARK. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. PLUS, DRAMATIC LIGHTNING AND THUNDER ACROSS THE AUCKLAND SKYLINE. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES. A MAN'S STILL ON THE LOOSE IN THE WAIKATO TOWN OF MORRINSVILLE AFTER OPENING FIRE ON POLICE EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. POLICE HAVE CORDONED OFF THE RURAL ROAD WHERE THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AND ARE SPEAKING TO TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE WITH THE GUNMAN AT THE TIME. BEFORE WE GET INTO THE WEATHER, HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF AUCKLAND LAST NIGHT ` THE CITY EXPERIENCED AN INTENSE DISPLAY OF MORE THAN 100 LIGHTNING STRIKES. THE SKY TOWER WAS THE OBVIOUS TARGET. WEATHER-WATCHERS POSTED THE MOMENT THE CENTRAL CITY LIT UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AT ITS PEAK, NIWA RECORDED 15 STRIKES IN THE SPACE OF FIVE MINUTES. NO SIGN OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING IN YOUR AFTERNOON WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVN.Z.CO.NZ THANKS FOR WATCHING. FROM THE TEAM BEHIND MIDDAY NEWS, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND JUNE YEOW. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.