TONIGHT ` THE POLITICAL DRAMA OF THE PAST FEW WEEKS TRANSLATES TO SOME MASSIVE MOVES IN OUR LATEST POLL. HE WAS WANTED FOR NOT TURNING UP, BUT TODAY HE DID, ALBEIT UNDERCOVER. AN ODD COURT APPEARANCE FROM SCRIBE. IF SHE WANTED CONTROVERSY, SHE GOT IT. PAULINE HANSON'S PARLIAMENT STUNT PUTS HER IN THE FIRING LINE. IT'S BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY FEW WEEKS IN NEW ZEALAND POLITICS, AND THE FALLOUT HAS BEEN MADE CLEAR IN THE LATEST ONE NEWS COLMAR BRUNTON POLL. LABOUR HAS SOARED TO ITS HIGHEST LEVEL IN NEARLY 10 YEARS. WHILE NATIONAL HAS SLUMPED TO LEVELS NOT SEEN SINCE 2013. BUT IT'S THE GREENS WHO SHOULD BE WORRIED. ON THESE FIGURES, THEY'LL BE OUT OF PARLIAMENT. SO LET'S BREAK IT DOWN. THIS POLL WAS TAKEN OVER THE LAST FIVE DAYS AS THE GREEN PARTY LOST A LEADER AND LABOUR GAINED A NEW ONE. NATIONAL'S SLIPPED BACK 3 POINTS TO 44% ` ITS LOWEST LEVEL IN FOUR YEARS. LABOUR THOUGH HAS CLIMBED 13 TO 37%. ITS HIGHEST SINCE 2008. NEW ZEALAND FIRST DOWN 1% AT 10. AND THE GREENS DOWN 11 TO A CATASTROPHIC 4%. THAT'S HUGELY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT'S BELOW THE 5% THRESHOLD NEEDED TO GET INTO PARLIAMENT. THE MAORI PARTY IS UP 1 TO 2%, TOP STEADY AT 2. WITH THE GREENS GONE, IT COULD BE A GAME CHANGER. THE REMAINING PARTIES WOULD THEN EACH GET AN INCREASED SHARE OF THE PARTY VOTE. SO UNDER THIS SCENARIO, NATIONAL WOULD STILL GET 57 SEATS, THROW IN 2 FROM THE MAORI PARTY, 1 FROM ACT AND UNITED FUTURE, AND IT COULD REACH 61. NOT QUITE ENOUGH FOR A MAJORITY IN THIS PARLIAMENT OF 122. IT WOULD NEED NEW ZEALAND FIRST'S 12. LABOUR WOULD HAVE 49 SEATS, ADD NEW ZEALAND FIRST'S 12, IT WOULD BE ONE SHORT OF 61 AND WOULD NEED THE MAORI PARTY. BUT IF UNITED FUTURE'S PETER DUNNE LOSES OHARIU, THINGS CHANGE. THE SIZE OF PARLIAMENT DROPS AND LABOUR AND NEW ZEALAND FIRST COULD FORM A GOVERNMENT TOGETHER. SO THE ELECTION IS NOW ANYBODY'S GAME. HERE'S MORE FROM OUR POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN. SINCE HER SHOCK PROMOTION, JACINDA ARDERN HAS HAD HER EYE FIRMLY ON THE PRIZE. WE'RE NOT TAKING ANYTHING FOR GRANTED. WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT WORK TO DO. WE'VE GOT ANOTHER FIVE WEEKS OF THIS CAMPAIGN, AND IF WE WANNA BE IN A POSITION TO BE IN GOVERNMENT, WE KNOW WE NEED TO LIFT THAT VOTE EVEN FURTHER. THE 37-YEAR-OLD HAS CLEARLY BENEFITTED FROM A HIGH-PROFILE HONEYMOON PERIOD IN THE MEDIA, BUT SHE'S ALSO BEEN SURE-FOOTED THE FEW TIMES SHE'S BEEN PUT UNDER PRESSURE. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NZ LABOUR PARTY AND THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT IS TOO IMPORTANT FOR POLITICS TO GET IN THE WAY. BUT LABOUR'S RESURGENCE ISN'T JUST DOWN TO THE JACINDA EFFECT. IF I CONTINUE AS CO-LEADER, I WILL HINDER THE SUCCESS OF THE KAUPAPA. THE GREENS ARE SHEDDING SUPPORT IN THE WAKE OF THE DAMAGING METIRIA TUREI BENEFIT-FRAUD CONTROVERSY. LOOK, I WASN'T SURPRISED, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS HAVE BEEN MESSY, AND I'VE APOLOGISED FOR THAT. WHILE THE GREENS ARE NOW FIGHTING FOR ELECTORAL SURVIVAL, NEW ZEALAND FIRST HAS CEMENTED ITSELF AS THE THIRD BIGGEST PARTY, WITH WINSTON PETERS SET TO BE THE KING- OR QUEEN-MAKER. ONE PARTY KNOWS WHERE THEY'RE GOING, AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN NZ POLITICS TODAY. NATIONAL HAS RESPONDED TO THE JACINDA EFFECT WITH NEW POLICIES, RATHER THAN PERSONAL ATTACKS. OUR CHALLENGE WOULD BE GIVE US A BETTER IDEA ABOUT WHAT YOU DO WITH KIDS WHO, WHEN THEY'RE IN THE POLICE CAR, JUMP OUT AT THE FIRST SET OF LIGHTS BECAUSE THEY CAN. HOWEVER, TONIGHT'S POLL SLIDE SHOWS IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO DO MORE, WITH PRESSURE NOW BUILDING ON BILL ENGLISH TO DELIVER FOR NATIONAL ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. I'M QUITE PLEASED WITH THE RECEPTION THAT WE'RE GETTING OUT AND ABOUT CAMPAIGNING. FOR NOW, THOUGH, THE MOMENTUM'S WITH LABOUR ` THE PARTY SET TO MAKE THE MOST OF ITS POLL BOUNCE-BACK ON SUNDAY, WHEN IT HOLDS ITS CAMPAIGN LAUNCH. SO, IT'S CLEAR THE GREENS ARE FACING A HUGE CHALLENGE. LABOUR'S SURGE IS AT THE GREEN PARTY'S EXPENSE, AND THAT MEANS ANY POST-ELECTION DEAL MAY BE A MOOT POINT. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD LOOKS INTO WHAT THE PARTY COULD DO TO IMPROVE ITS LOT BEFORE SEPTEMBER 23. IN 1999, THE GREENS JUST SCRAPED INTO PARLIAMENT. NOW, 18 YEARS LATER, THEY COULD BE OUT COMPLETELY. I AM IN THE FIGHT OF MY LIFE. I AM GOING TO TAKE IT OUT TO THE COUNTRY OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. TODAY'S POLL RESULT OF 4.3% IS THE WORST FOR THE GREENS SINCE SEPTEMBER 2009. I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST 17 YEARS OF OUR RECORD, MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY THAT WAS A BLIP. THE GREENS HIT A HIGH OF 15% IN THE LAST 1 NEWS-COLMAR BRUNTON POLL, BUT FORMER CO-LEADER METIRIA TUREI'S SHOCK BENEFIT FRAUD ADMISSION, THE HASTY DEPARTURE OF TWO MPS AND MS TUREI'S EVENTUAL RESIGNATION HAS ROCKED THE PARTY AND ITS SUPPORTERS. NOW SOLE LEADER JAMES SHAW IS CONFIDENT HIS PARTY WILL BOUNCE BACK. WHAT WE'VE GOT TO FOCUS ON IS ENSURING THAT WE'VE GOT A NEW PROGRESSIVE GOVERNMENT OF NZ. LABOUR AND THE GREEN'S MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING REMAINS IN PLACE. BUT DO THE GREENS NEED MORE SUPPORT FROM LABOUR TO SURVIVE? WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF MOVEMENT IN THE POLLS IN RECENT TIMES, AND I'M SURE THAT'LL PROBABLY CONTINUE. MOST OF LABOUR'S INCREASE HAS COME FROM THE GREENS. THE GREENS HAVE TO TRY AND GET THOSE VOTERS BACK FROM THE LABOUR PARTY. THAT MIGHT BE A CHALLENGE FOR THEM. IF THE GREENS DON'T REACH THE 5% THRESHOLD, THEIR ONLY OTHER OPTION TO GET BACK INTO PARLIAMENT IS TO WIN A SEAT. IT'S PUTTING UP A FIGHT IN NELSON, BUT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY TO WIN THERE. SO THE ONLY OTHER OPTION IS FOR LABOUR TO STAND ASIDE IN AN ELECTORATE TO MAKE WAY FOR THE GREENS. BOTH PARTIES ARE RULING THAT OUT. NO, NO. NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY EITHER. LIKE I SAID, I'M ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN REBUILD. JAMES SHAW SAYS THE PARTY IS NOW FOCUSED ON POLICY AND IS TAKING EVERY STEP TO GET BACK ON TRACK. KATE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. AS KATIE MENTIONED, THE GREENS MAY BE RELYING ON A WIN IN NELSON IN ORDER TO SCRAPE INTO PARLIAMENT. THEIR CANDIDATE THERE IS CONFIDENT THEY'LL MAKE A COMEBACK. MP JULIE ANNE GENTER JOINED MATT LAWRY AT A Q AND A THIS EVENING, JUST HOURS AFTER THE LATEST POLL RESULTS CAME THROUGH. MR LAWRY, WHO'S TRYING TO UNSEAT VETERAN MP NICK SMITH, SAYS THE POLL DIDN'T COME AS MUCH OF A SURPRISE. AND THE PARTY WENT THROUGH, PROBABLY, THE WORST WEEK IN ITS HISTORY, AND I THINK THE POLLS REFLECT THAT. BUT NEW ZEALANDERS LOVE A COMEBACK. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE PARTY HAS TRIED TO WIN A SEAT SINCE 1999. AND WHEN IT COMES TO WHO VOTERS WOULD PREFER AS PRIME MINISTER, LABOUR LEADER JACINDA ARDERN AND CURRENT PRIME MINISTER BILL ENGLISH ARE NOW NECK AND NECK, EVEN ON 30%. BOTH HAVE HAD BOOSTS SINCE THE LAST POLL IN JULY. NATIONAL'S LEADER IS UP TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS. JACINDA ARDERN IS SURGING A WHOPPING 24 POINTS SINCE TAKING HER PARTY'S TOP JOB. WINSTON PETERS, MEANWHILE, IS BACK THREE POINTS TO 7%. RAPPER SCRIBE HAS BEEN REMANDED ON BAIL, BUT HAS BEEN WARNED THE COURT WON'T TOLERATE HIM FAILING TO SHOW UP AGAIN. THE HIP-HOP ARTIST, WHOSE REAL NAME IS MALO LUAFUTU, TRIED HIS BEST TO AVOID MEDIA OUTSIDE THE PORIRUA DISTRICT COURT THIS AFTERNOON. HOW MANY NO-SHOWS CAN YOU DO? NOT MANY. HE'S FACING SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING POSSESSING AN OFFENSIVE WEAPON AND METHAMPHETAMINE. A PUBLIC APPEAL WAS PUT OUT BY POLICE YESTERDAY AFTER HE FAILED TO TURN UP TO COURT IN CHRISTCHURCH. HE IS DUE TO REAPPEAR AT THE CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT ON TUESDAY. A CANTERBURY MAN WHO WAS A SECURITY GUARD AT RICHIE MCCAW'S WEDDING HAS BEEN JAILED FOR 13 YEARS FOR A STRING OF ROBBERIES AND A TERRIFYING HOME INVASION. DOUGLAS ROAKE'S LAWYER SAYS THE MAN LIVED IN A 'VIOLENT FANTASY WORLD', BUT IS NOW REMORSEFUL OF HIS ACTIONS. LISA DAVIES HAS THE STORY. HE WAGED A ONE-MAN REIGN OF TERROR. TODAY HE WAS FORCED TO LISTEN TO THE TRAUMA HE CAUSED. HE'S A VERY SICK MAN. VERY SICK MAN. I HOPE HE ROTS IN HELL. JAMES MOORE (18) WAS A WAITER AT TREVINOS WHEN DOUGLAS ROAKE ROBBED THE BAR AT GUNPOINT. I FEEL LIKE RUBBISH. COMPLETE RUBBISH. IT'S NOT A GOOD FEELING TO GO THROUGH AT ALL. ROAKE ROBBED SIX CANTERBURY BARS IN A CRIME SPREE. BUT THE WORST OF HIS CRIMES WAS THIS HOME INVASION, WHERE HE SHOT NICOLA DAWSON IN THE STOMACH AND HER DAUGHTER, MICHAELA, IN THE LEG. YOU HAVE CAUSED ALL OF YOUR VICTIMS IMMEASURABLE MENTAL ANGUISH. YOU HAVE ROBBED THEM OF SOMETHING PROFOUNDLY FUNDAMENTAL, AND THAT IS A SENSE OF WELLBEING AND SAFETY. BOTH OF THE WOMEN WHO HE SHOT GAVE EMOTIONAL AND ANGRY VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS. MICHAELA DAWSON (27) TOLD THE COURT THAT HE ENTERED HER SAFE HAVEN AND IT TERRIFIES HER EVERY DAY THAT HE TRIED TO KILL HER. ROAKE'S DEFENCE LAWYER SAYS HIS CLIENT HAS AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER AND DOESN'T GRASP THE IMPACT OF HIS CRIMES. HIS PARENTS AND GRANDFATHER (94) WERE IN COURT TO SEE HIM SENTENCED. THEY HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR SHAME AND DISTRESS AND ARE MORTIFIED BY WHAT THEIR SON, THEIR FAMILY MEMBER, HAS DONE. ROAKE BECAME OBSESSED WITH MONEY. TO ENTER BODYBUILDING COMPETITIONS, HE STOLE OVER $100,000. HE HAD BECOME COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY OBSESSED WITH BODYBUILDING, WITH STRONG MAN COMPETITIONS, AND HE WAS HEAVILY ABUSING TESTOSTERONE SUPPLEMENTS. BUT HE SAYS HE NOW FEELS REMORSE AND WOULD LIKE TO MEET THE VICTIMS HE HAS HURT SO BADLY. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. AN AUCKLAND MOTHER'S SEEKING JUSTICE AFTER HER TEENAGE DAUGHTER AND A FRIEND WERE ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED BY A GROUP OF COSTUMED MEN ON A TRAIN AT THE WEEKEND. FOOTAGE HAS EMERGED OF FIVE MEN DRESSED AS THE FOUR SQUARE MAN, BELIEVED TO BE TRAVELLING TO THE AUCKLAND DARTS MASTERS EVENT. IT'S ALLEGED ONE OF THEM FLASHED HIS GENITALS AT A GIRL (15), AND ANOTHER CHOKED A BOY. SECURITY EVENTUALLY REMOVED THEM FROM THE TRAIN, BUT POLICE ARE MAKING ENQUIRIES. THE SEARCH FOR ROLLIE HEKE HAS WIDENED TO INCLUDE HIS EX-PARTNER IRENE SCANLON. POLICE BELIEVE SHE MAY BE HELPING HIM EVADE CAPTURE. ROLLIE HEKE HAS BEEN ON THE RUN SINCE THE WEEKEND, WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY FIRED A MILITARY-STYLE WEAPON AT OFFICERS NEAR MORRINSVILLE. CONTROVERSIAL AUSTRALIAN MP PAULINE HANSON HAS BEEN WIDELY CONDEMNED FOR HER LATEST STUNT ` WEARING A BURKA INTO THE SENATE TODAY. IT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO HAVE THE MUSLIM HEADWEAR BANNED, BUT IT BACKFIRED SPECTACULARLY, WITH SENATORS FROM ALL SIDES OF POLITICS DENOUNCING HER ACTIONS. HERE'S CHANNEL NINE'S LANE CALCUTT. IT WAS A BIZARRE END TO A BIZARRE WEEK. QUESTION TIME IN THE SENATE, AND PAULINE HANSON IN A FULL BURKA. I'M JUST GOING TO REFLECT ON THE MODE OF DRESS THAT SENATOR HANSON IS USING. IT WAS, AT BEST, A TASTELESS, SILLY, SOME WOULD SAY DISGRACEFUL STUNT, AS SHE TRIES TO HAVE THE MUSLIM HEADDRESS BANNED. I AM HAPPY TO REMOVE THIS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT WHAT SHOULD BELONG IN THIS PARLIAMENT. SHE TOOK IT OFF TO ASK THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL IF HE'D SUPPORT A BAN. SENATOR HANSON, NO, WE WILL NOT BE BANNING THE BURKA. LEADING TO EXTRAORDINARY SCENES, AS AN EMOTIONAL GEORGE BRANDIS, LABOUR AND THE GREENS TURNED ON THE ONE NATION LEADER. BE VERY VERY CAREFUL OF THE OFFENCE YOU MAY DO TO THE RELIGIOUS SENSIBILITIES OF OTHER AUSTRALIANS. AND TO RIDICULE THAT COMMUNITY, TO DRIVE IT INTO A CORNER, TO MOCK ITS RELIGIOUS GARMENTS, IS AN APPALLING THING TO DO, AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO REFLECT ON WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. APPLAUSE, A STANDING OVATION. PAULINE HANSON DIVIDES THE NATION, BUT UNITED THE OPPOSITION BENCHES. GOVERNMENT SENATORS STAYED SEATED. (APPLAUSE) IT IS ONE THING TO WEAR RELIGIOUS DRESS AS A SINCERE ACT OF FAITH. IT IS ANOTHER TO WEAR IT AS A STUNT HERE IN THE SENATE CHAMBER. THESE ARE THE VIEWS OF A HATEFUL, IGNORANT, BIGOTED INDIVIDUAL. SHE LATER MADE HER CASE ON FACEBOOK. DO WE WANNA SEE, EVENTUALLY, ON THE FLOOR OF OUR PARLIAMENT, PEOPLE WALKING IN THERE WEARING A FULL BURKA? FOR SECURITY REASONS AS WELL, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND ANOTHER THING IS IT IS UNAUSTRALIAN. JUST AHEAD ` COULD HIS FAMILY BE THE ONLY ONES TO STAY ON? SPECULATION GROWS THE PRESIDENT IS FACING A WHITE HOUSE EXODUS, AS THE CHARLOTTESVILLE FALL-OUT CONTINUES. TWO SEASONED ALL BLACKS DON'T MAKE THE GRADE FOR THE BLEDISLOE CUP OPENER. WELCOME BACK. THE CHORUS AGAINST DONALD TRUMP'S HANDLING OF THE DEADLY CHARLOTTESVILLE RACE RALLY IS GROWING, WITH FORMER PRESIDENT'S AND CORPORATE AMERICA NOW JOINING IN. IT'S SPARKED TALK OF A MASS EXODUS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AND COMES AS A FUNERAL WAS HELD FOR THE WOMAN KILLED IN THE VIOLENCE. CHANNEL NINE'S LIZZIE PEARL HAS MORE. AN ARMY OF PURPLE ` HEATHER'S FAVOURITE COLOUR ` GATHERED TO SAY GOODBYE TO A WOMAN THEY SAY DID THEM PROUD. # AND GRACE # WILL LEAD ME HOME. THE MEMORIAL NOT FAR FROM THE CHARLOTTESVILLE STREET WHERE SHE WAS RUN DOWN AND KILLED. AFTER A LIFE OF ADVOCACY, THE FINAL STEPS SHE TOOK WERE IN PROTEST AGAINST THE WAVE OF NEO-NAZI AND UNITE THE RIGHT GROUPS WHO CAME INTO HER HOMETOWN WITH BLAZING TORCHES. HEATHER'S MOM AND DAD CHOKED BACK TEARS AS THEY PLEADED FOR HER DEATH NOT TO BE IN VAIN. THEY TRIED TO KILL MY CHILD TO SHUT HER UP. WELL, GUESS WHAT ` YOU JUST MAGNIFIED HER. WE JUST NEED TO STOP ALL THIS STUFF AND JUST FORGIVE EACH OTHER. UNITE THE RIGHT WERE RALLYING AGAINST THE PLANNED REMOVAL OF A CONFEDERATE STATUE. BEFORE THE SUN CAME UP TODAY, THE MAYOR OF BALTIMORE GAVE THE WORD TO PULL DOWN FOUR OF THE CITY'S CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS. THEY ARE NO HITLER STATUES IN GERMANY TODAY AND NO NEO-NAZI MATERIAL FLYING AROUND. AND SO THESE STATUES ARE COMING DOWN, AND THEY SHOULD COME DOWN. WHILE THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT BOTH GROUPS GOT VIOLENT, THE CHORUS OF CRITICISM FOR THE PRESIDENT IS GROWING. POLITICAL ALLIES AND OPPONENTS SAY HIS REITERATION OF BLAME ON BOTH SIDES FOR WHAT HAPPENED ON THE STREETS OF CHARLOTTESVILLE IS EQUATING WHITE SUPREMACISTS AND THE KKK WITH COUNTER-PROTESTERS, WHO WERE THERE STANDING UP TO RACISM. PRESIDENTS GEORGE BUSH SNR AND GEORGE W BUSH ISSUING A JOINT STATEMENT OF CONDEMNATION. AND IN THE WAKE OF DONALD TRUMP'S COMMENTS ON CHARLOTTESVILLE, EIGHT CEOs QUIT HIS BUSINESS AND MANUFACTURING ADVISORY COUNCILS. AND BEFORE ANY MORE BUSINESS LEADERS COULD WALK, PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETED HE'S DISBANDING THE COUNCILS. THREE HONG KONG ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN JAILED FOR TAKING PART IN THE 2014 PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS. THE TRIO HAD ALREADY BEEN SENTENCED TO LESSER PUNISHMENTS, BUT IN AN UNUSUAL MOVE, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT APPEALED THE JUDGEMENTS, ARGUING THEY WERE TOO LENIENT. IN 2014, YOUTH ACTIVISTS TOOK TO THE STREETS FOR 11 WEEKS TO PROTEST BEIJING'S PLAN TO RESTRICT ELECTIONS IN THE CHINESE-RULED COLONY. THE GOVERNMENT'S DENIED THE MOVE WAS POLITICAL. AN AMERICAN MAN WHO ACCIDENTALLY SHOT A NAIL INTO HIS HEART SAYS IT DIDN'T REALLY HURT. DOUG BERGESON IS NOW READY TO GET BACK TO WORK AFTER THE INCIDENT LATE LAST MONTH, WHEN HE A NAIL GUN WENT OFF INTO HIS CHEST WHILE DOING WORK AROUND HIS HOUSE. NOT ONLY DID THE WISCONSIN MAN SURVIVE THE CLOSE CALL, HE EVEN DROVE HIMSELF TO THE HOSPITAL. I DROVE INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, AND... YOU DROVE YOURSELF TO THE HOSPITAL? IT SEEMED LIKE THE THING TO DO. (LAUGHS) I GOTTA SAY, I FELT FINE. OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, HAVING A LITTLE TOO MUCH IRON IN MY DIET. THOUGH X-RAYS SHOWED THE NAIL ONLY JUST MISSED A MAJOR ARTERY, THE 52-YEAR-OLD WAS DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL TWO DAYS LATER. THE EXCLUSION OF A COUPLE OF ALL BLACK VETERANS HAS RAISED A FEW EYEBROWS AHEAD OF SATURDAY'S OPENING BLEDISLOE CUP TEST IN SYDNEY. CRUSADER ISRAEL DAGG IS MISSING, AS IS FLANKER JEROME KAINO. AUSTRALIAN CORRESPONDENT KIMBERLEE DOWNS HAS MORE. ANOTHER DISTRACTION AHEAD OF AN ALL BLACKS BLEDISLOE TEST IN SYDNEY. THIS TIME IT'S NEW DETAILS INTO THE AARON SMITH TOILET TRYST SAGA FROM LAST YEAR, HIS COACH QUICK TO PUT A LID ON QUESTIONS TODAY. WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE DEALT WITH IT, AND IT'S A MATTER THAT GOT DEALT WITH, AS I SAID. AND THERE'S NOTHING MORE FOR US TO DO. STEVE HANSEN STANDING BY HIS STARTING HALFBACK. HE SAYS HE HASN'T CONSIDERED DROPPING HIM. HE'S IN A GREAT HEADSPACE, IN THAT HE KNOWS THAT HE'S DEALT WITH THIS ISSUE AND HE'S READY TO PLAY. ALSO READY TO START, TASMAN'S LIAM SQUIRE, AT THE EXPENSE OF THE SIDE'S LONGEST-SERVING PLAYER, JEROME KAINO, LEFT OUT OF THE MATCH-DAY 23 ALTOGETHER. IT'S A LONG RACE TOO ` IT'S NOT A SHORT RACE, AND CLEARLY JK'S NOT GETTING ANY YOUNGER, SO WE'VE GOTTA LOOK AFTER HIM FOR A LONG SEASON TOO. AN EYE TO THE FUTURE ALSO PERHAPS A REASON FOR ANOTHER SOMEWHAT SURPRISING STARTER ` DAMIAN MCKENZIE AT FULLBACK. ISRAEL DAGG IS APPARENTLY FEELING THE EFFECTS OF A GRUELLING SUPER RUGBY CAMPAIGN. THE ALL BLACKS FREQUENTLY TALK ABOUT HOW THE BLEDISLOE IS THEIR MOST TREASURED TROPHY OUTSIDE OF THE WORLD CUP. AND CERTAINLY, FOR THE OPENER, THEY'LL BE HOPING THE RETURNING SONNY BILL WILLIAMS WILL BOOST A FORMIDABLE LINE-UP. WILLIAMS EXPRESSING SOME FRUSTRATION AT HIS FORCED ABSENCE, BUT HE SAYS DESPITE THAT RED CARD, THERE'S NO EXTRA PRESSURE TO MAKE UP FOR IT COME SATURDAY. I SPOKE TO THE BOYS EARLIER ON IN THE PIECE, AND THAT ISSUE'S BEEN DEALT WITH. A SIDE ADAMANT THEY'RE FOCUSED, BUT STILL UNABLE TO SIDESTEP OFF-FIELD DISTRACTIONS TWO DAYS OUT FROM THE TEST. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, 1 NEWS, SYDNEY. MEANWHILE, BLACK FERNS CAPTAIN FIA FA'AMAUSILI WILL TONIGHT BECOME THE FIRST WOMEN'S RUGBY PLAYER TO BRING UP 50 TESTS IN THE BLACK JUMPER. THE LONG-TIME HOOKER ONE OF ONLY SIX PLAYERS RETAINED FROM THE THRASHING OF HONG KONG, FOR THE LAST POOL GAME AGAINST CANADA. HER BEING HER, SHE HAS ALREADY SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS GAME'S NOT ABOUT THAT MILESTONE; IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GIVING US SOME MOMENTUM GOING INTO THE NEXT ROUND. A WIN WILL LIKELY GIVE THE KIWIS TOP SPOT FOR THE SEMI-FINALS IN DUBLIN. MEANWHILE, CHECK OUT MIDFIELDER THERESA FITZPATRICK'S LATEST EFFORT, HAVING A CRACK AT SOME GAELIC FOOTBALL. JUST AHEAD ` TO QUOTE MC HAMMER, 'STOP, WEATHER TIME.' AND, SHE'S HERE. SHE'S PIA MIA. GET USED TO IT. WELCOME BACK. NOT MANY TOURING POP STARS CAN SAY THEIR BIRTH COUNTRY IS IN THE CROSS HAIRS OF TWO WARMONGERING WORLD LEADERS, BUT PIA MIA CAN. THE FAST-RISING STAR WAS BORN IN GUAM, BUT IS SET TO PERFORM FOR NEW ZEALANDERS FOR THE FIRST TIME. SHE SPOKE TO LISETTE REYMER. IT'S THE MODERN ROAD TO POP SUCCESS ` A HANDY CAM, PLUS A GOOD VOICE, GOOD LOOK AND YOUTUBE. # I'M AT A PAYPHONE TRYING TO CALL HOME. # PIA MIA WAS LAUNCHED FROM THE INTERNET TO STARDOM. # NICE TO, NICE TO KNOW YOU, LET'S DO IT AGAIN. # IT WAS HER COVER OF DRAKE'S HIT WHICH GOT THE WORLD ` AND RECORD LABELS ` TALKING. # JUST HOLD ON WE'RE GOING HOME. # BEFORE SHE KNEW IT, SHE WAS SINGING HER COVER TO DRAKE AND KANYE AT A KARDASHIAN DINNER PARTY. # LIKE AN EMOTION. # IT'S SO COOL TO HAVE DRAKE AND KANYE BE LIKE, 'YOU'RE AMAZING. WE WANT TO SIGN YOU.' BUT I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR BOTH THEM. NOW, AT JUST 20 YEARS OLD, PIA MIA'S WORKING WITH SOME OF MUSIC'S BIGGEST NAMES. I DO THINK IT'S CRAZY, HAVING THIS DREAM ON 8 YEARS OLD, GROWING UP ON GUAM AND SINGING IN SCHOOL PLAYS AND DOING LITTLE THINGS ON THE ISLAND, AND THEN FLASH FORWARD AND NOW I'M HERE WITH A PLATINUM SONG. SHE'S EVEN BEEN SHOULDER TAPPED TO DESIGN FOR MADONNA'S FASHION LABEL. SHE LIKED THAT I WAS AN ARTIST, AND THEN SHE LIKED MY FASHION ON TOP OF THAT, WHICH IS INSANE COS MADONNA IS AMAZING. BUT SUCCESS HAS COME AT A COST ` BEING AWAY FROM FAMILY IN GUAM, ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT IN THE CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE. IT'S REALLY HARD, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO STAY STRONG AND STAY UNITED, BUT WHILE HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS, GUAM'S BIGGEST POP STAR IS LEARNING SUCCESS IS WHERE THE FANS ARE, WHICH IS ALL AROUND THE WORLD. LISETTE REYMER, 1 NEWS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH MATTAFIX. (MATTAFIX'S 'BIG CITY LIFE') FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY TOM PEDLAR AND ANTONY VLUG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.