IT'S MIDDAY. TRIBUTES FLOW FOR TE KUITI'S FAVOURITE SON AS DETAILS OF SIR COLIN MEADS' FUNERAL ARE REVEALED. POLITICAL PARTIES THROW BIG BUCKS AT HEALTH AND TRANSPORT PLANS JUST OVER FOUR WEEKS OUT FROM THE ELECTION. AND HE WAS JUST 7 YEARS OLD ` THE YOUNG AUSSIE-BRITISH BOY WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN LAST WEEK'S TERROR ATTACK IN BARCELONA. AHI AHI MARIE. FIRST ON 1 NEWS MIDDAY ` A FUNERAL FIT FOR A LEGEND WHO WAS ALSO JUST AN EVERYDAY BLOKE IS BEING PLANNED FOR ONE OF OUR MOST CELEBRATED RUGBY PLAYERS, SIR COLIN MEADS. THE 81-YEAR-OLD DIED YESTERDAY AND WILL BE FAREWELLED THIS TIME NEXT WEEK IN HIS HOME TOWN OF TE KUITI. OUR REPORTER LAURA TWYMAN IS IN THE KING COUNTRY TOWN WITH ALL THE DETAILS. LAURA. Colin will be farewelled here in a very big way next Monday. The media is planning the service with the New Zealand rugby union and Meads' family. I have been here by his statue in the town centre. People have been filing pass to pay their respects. We had a groupof young boys from the primary school perform a haka. There is no doubt this man will be dearly missed. RESPECT FOR A GIANT AS TE KUITI LOCALS HONOUR THE BIG MAN WITH A BIG HEART. WE CAME AND BROUGHT SOME FLOWERS DOWN TO SEE IF WE COULD USE ONE OF OUR KOROWAI TO PLACE ON COLIN. SO, YEAH, SURE, JUMPED TO IT. WENT AND PUT THE PLAN IN ACTION. JUST ONE OF MANY WAYS THE TOWN DUBBED 'MEADSVILLE' IS FAREWELLING THEIR BELOVED PINETREE. HE WAS A LEGEND AND AN EVERYDAY TE KUITI MAN, YOU KNOW? YOU'D WALK DOWN THE STREET AND SAY HELLO TO HIM. HE'D STOP AND TALK TO YA. HE WILL REMAIN A LEGEND, AND IT'S OVER TO THOSE OF US WHO ARE ASSOCIATED IN THIS AREA TO MAINTAIN THAT LEGACY AS BEST WE CAN. THE WHOLE TOWN NOW FOCUSING ON GIVING THE KIWI ICON A SEND-OFF TO MATCH HIS MANA. IT'S REALLY TO MAKE SURE WE SEND HIM OFF APPROPRIATELY, GIVEN HIS NATIONAL STATURE. SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE RUGBY UNION TO MAKE SURE WE LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED AND MAKING SURE IT'S A FITTING FAREWELL. THOSE DRIVING BY NOT PASSING UP A 'SEE YA LATER' TO RUGBY'S GREATEST KNIGHT. IT IS A SAD DAY, AND IT WAS JUST A COINCIDENCE THAT WE WERE HERE. BIG FAN OF RUGBY, AND, YEAH, HE'S A LEGEND, SO... FOR A MAN WHO ONCE SAID ALL HE WANTED IN LIFE WAS TO PLAY RUGBY AND OWN A FARM, TE KUITI'S MOST FAMOUS SON ACHIEVED MUCH MORE THAN THAT. As you can see there has been a huge outpouring of love here. There is only going to continue. I have been to the town hall where the service is being held next Monday. I can hold 1500 peopleand there is more seating to be arranged outside and in different areas to cater for the many expected to attend. ON THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN TRAIL, NATIONAL HAS ANNOUNCED A MAJOR BOOST IN HEALTH FUNDING THIS MORNING. THE PARTY IS PROMISING CHEAPER DOCTORS' VISITS FOR 600,000 LOWER-INCOME FAMILIES. THOSE FAMILIES WILL NOW ONLY HAVE TO PAY $18 FOR VISITS TO THE GP. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN'S HERE NOW TO BRING US UP TO SPEED WITH THE LATEST. His is a $318 million injection into boosting the subsidies for GP visits. under 13's is freeand then at Staggers across the country depending where you are. It will see an extension of the community services card as well. an extra 350,000 New Zealanders will get a boost. What we are seeing from them is that they are really putting their foot downon announcements in this campaign to try and counter and contrast with labour who is still trying to promote their new leader. Labour with a new announcement? It is a $20 million injection to try and build a passenger service rail between Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga. Hey will get it running a bit more regularly and see if it works. And if it does, though more money at a train, it is a bit of a scoping policy with labour. Gareth Morgan mentioned Jacinda Ardern and mentioned 'lipstick on a pig'. He does not regret using that term. He says the parties are notbacking anything up. Watch out for anything more on that. A 7-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS REPORTED MISSING AFTER LAST WEEK'S BARCELONA VAN ATTACK HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AS ONE OF THE 13 FATALITIES. HE WAS SEPARATED FROM HIS MOTHER WHEN THE VEHICLE PLOUGHED INTO CROWDS AT LAS RAMBLAS. THE BBC'S JAMES REYNOLDS REPORTS. THIS MORNING, BARCELONA'S SAGRADA FAMILIA BASILICA ` MONUMENTAL, UNFINISHED ` GAVE THIS CITY A PLACE IN WHICH TO MOURN ALL THE VICTIMS. RENATO WAS ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE QUEUE. IT'S, UM,... AN ENORMOUS SADNESS. IT'S INCREDIBLE SADNESS,... BECAUSE... THIS CITY IS A SYMBOL OF... OF FREEDOM, OF TOLERANCE BETWEEN RELIGIONS, RACES. WHAT IS HAPPENING IS UNBELIEVABLE. THE ARCHBISHOP OF BARCELONA ASKED THE CITY TO UNITE AGAINST FEAR, AND HE OFFERED CONSOLATION TO THE BEREAVED. (ARCHBISHOP SPEAKS SPANISH) THE CADMAN FAMILY NOW MOURNS JULIAN (7), THE YOUNGEST NAMED VICTIM OF THE ATTACK. HE AND HIS MOTHER, JUMARIE, WERE TOGETHER ON THE RAMBLAS WHEN THEY WERE STRUCK. THE STREET IN WHICH HE WAS STRUCK HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK BY RESIDENTS, VISITORS AND MOURNERS. THE RAMBLAS AVENUE HAS BECOME ITS OWN MEMORIAL. SPANISH POLICE, MEANWHILE, ARE STILL TRYING TO UNCOVER THE DETAILS OF THE GROUP THAT CARRIED OUT THE ATTACK, AS THE BBC'S WYRE DAVIES REPORTS. CAPTURED BY CCTV AND MOBILE PHONE, THE HORROR AND PANIC OF THE ATTACK IN BARCELONA AS A WHITE VAN HURTLES DOWN LAS RAMBLAS, KILLING 13 PEOPLE AND INJURING MORE THAN 100. BUT WE NOW KNOW IT COULD'VE BEEN MUCH WORSE IF THE ATTACKERS HAD CARRIED OUT THEIR ORIGINAL PLAN TO DETONATE THREE MASSIVE CAR BOMBS. THIS IS THE SMALL TOWN OF RIPOLL IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SPANISH PYRENEES WHERE AT LEAST EIGHT, PERHAPS ALL 12, OF THOSE ACCUSED OF BEING INVOLVED IN THE ATTACKS CAME FROM. MOST WERE OF MOROCCAN ORIGIN AND PRAYED AT THE LOCAL MOSQUE. BUT POLICE ARE NOW ASKING IF THIS MAN, ABDEL-BAKI ES-SATI, IMAM AT THE MOSQUE, WAS THE CELL LEADER AND MASTERMIND OF THE ATTACKS. TODAY, I SPOKE TO HECHAMI GASI, THE DEVASTATED FATHER OF TWO OF THE ATTACKERS FROM RIPOLL ` MOHAMED AND OMAR HYCHAMI. HECHAMI ROUNDLY BLAMES THE IMAM FOR RADICALISING HIS SONS AND THE OTHERS. TRANSLATOR: HE TOOK THESE YOUNG, IMPRESSIONABLE MINDS, MESSED AROUND WITH THEIR BRAINS, AND NOW THEY'RE DEAD. MY SONS AND THE OTHERS ` IT'S ALL THE IMAM'S FAULT. IT'S BELIEVED THE IMAM WAS KILLED IN THE EXPLOSION THAT DESTROYED A BOMB FACTORY IN THE TOWN OF ALCANAR LAST WEDNESDAY. IT WAS THERE THAT POLICE FOUND 120 LARGE GAS CANISTERS, WHICH THEY SAY WERE TO BE USED TO MAKE THREE CAR BOMBS. BUT THE EXPLOSION AT THE HOUSE FORCED THE GANG TO CHANGE THEIR PLANS. ACROSS THE TASMAN, THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT HAS UNVEILED A PLAN TO TACKLE THE GROWING USE OF VEHICLES IN TERROR ATTACKS. UNDER THE STRATEGY, MANAGERS AND STAFF OF CROWDED PLACES WILL RECEIVE HELP FROM AUTHORITIES TO DETECT POTENTIAL ATTACKS. IT WILL INVOLVE A DO-IT-YOURSELF TOOLKIT ON INSTALLING PLANTERS, BOLLARDS AND OTHER METHODS TO MITIGATING A VEHICLE ATTACK. MONSOON FLOOD WATERS WHICH HAVE RAVAGED PARTS OF SOUTH ASIA HAVE NOW KILLED MORE THAN 700 PEOPLE. MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE IN BANGLADESH, INDIA AND NEPAL HAVE BEEN DISPLACED BY THE WATERS. IN BANGLADESH, THE FLOODING IS THE WORST SEEN IN THREE DECADES. THE BBC'S SANJOY MAJUMBER REPORTS FROM BANGLADESH. FLOODING ON A SCALE THAT BANGLADESH HAS NOT SEEN IN DECADES. WATER WHERE ONCE ROADS EXISTED. ENTIRE VILLAGES WASHED AWAY. PEOPLE TRYING TO SALVAGE WHAT LITTLE CAN BE RETRIEVED. IN THIS CASE, A MATTRESS FLOATING IN THE WATER. WHEN YOU'VE NOTHING LEFT, EVERY LITTLE POSSESSION IS INVALUABLE. THIS USED TO BE NOOR HUSSEIN'S HOME. HE TELLS ME HOW THE WATER ROSE WITHOUT WARNING AT NIGHT, SWIRLING THROUGH HIS HOUSE. TRANSLATOR: I SAVED MY BROTHER AND HIS WIFE, THEN CAME BACK TO GET SOME CLOTHES AND BLANKETS. BUT BY THEN IT WAS TOO LATE FOR ME TO GET AWAY. I HAD TO SPEND THE NIGHT ON A TREE. THERE'S NOW A SENSE OF DESPERATION AMONGST THE SURVIVORS. AID WORKERS BRING IN SUPPLIES OF FRESH WATER AND ARE SOON SURROUNDED. BUT THERE'S SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH TO GO AROUND, LEAVING BEHIND ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED VILLAGERS. THOSE WHO WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO ESCAPE HAVE ENDED UP IN RELIEF CAMPS. THIS ONE'S BUILT ON A NARROW EMBANKMENT, SURROUNDED BY WATER. THERE ARE 2000 PEOPLE LIVING HERE ALONG WITH CATTLE. AND THE PROBLEM IS ` WITH MOST OF THEIR HOMES WASHED AWAY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE HERE A WHILE. WITH SO MUCH WATER AROUND AND PEOPLE SQUEEZED INTO EVERY INCH OF DRY LAND, THERE'S NOW A FEAR THAT DISEASE FROM CONTAMINATED WATER COULD SPREAD RAPIDLY AMONG THE SURVIVORS. NORTH KOREA HAS SENT ANOTHER THREAT AMERICA'S WAY, WARNING OF A MERCILESS STRIKE' AHEAD OF JOINT MILITARY DRILLS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND SOUTH KOREA. PYONG YANG SAYS THE DRILLS ARE DRIVING THE SITUATION INTO AN 'UNCONTROLLABLE PHASE OF NUCLEAR WARFARE' AND THAT NEITHER GUAM, HAWAII OR THE MAINLAND CAN DODGE AN ATTACK. MEANWHILE, AMERICA HAS REDUCED THE NUMBER OF TROOPS PARTICIPATING IN THE JOINT EXERCISE BUT SAYS THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH NORTH KOREA. US-BACKED IRAQI FORCES HAVE LAUNCHED AN ASSAULT TO RETAKE THE TOWN OF TAL AFAR FROM MILITANTS. THE TOWN WEST OF MOSUL IS THE LAST STRONGHOLD OF ISIS SINCE FORCES DECLARED VICTORY IN MOSUL LAST MONTH. LOCAL MEDIA SAY AREAS AROUND TAL AFAR HAVE BEEN RETAKEN IN THE FIRST DAY OF THE OFFENSIVE. UP TO 100,000 CIVILIANS REMAIN IN AND AROUND THE TOWN. LEGENDARY AMERICAN ENTERTAINER JERRY LEWIS HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 91, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS COMEDIC ROLES ALONG SIDE DEAN MARTIN AND FOR BEING THE ORIGINAL NUTTY PROFESSOR. THE ABC'S CHRIS CONNELLY LOOKS BACK ON HIS CAREER. THROUGH 70 YEARS IN SHOWBIZ, IN SUCH MOVIES AS 'THE NUTTY PROFESSOR'. OH, I JUST WANTED TO TRY AND DRIVE IT ONE TIME. WITH ONE-TIME PARTNER DEAN MARTIN. AND THEN SOLO. HAVE YOU BEEN HERE FOR FOUR MONTHS OUT ON THE STREETS? I DON'T KNOW. I ALWAYS BREAK UP THESE HOUSE PARTIES. AND HIS DECADES-LONG CHARITY STINT FROM 1966 TO 2014, RAISING MORE THAN 2 BILLION ` BILLION ` DOLLARS AS HOST THE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY LABOUR DAY TELETHON. (PHONE RINGS) JERRY LEWIS' COMEDY FEATURED BOTH SLAPSTICK AND SENTIMENTALITY, A MANIC, RELENTLESS, OVER-THE-TOP STYLE, OFTEN WITH BROAD CHARACTERISATIONS GREATLY AT ODDS WITH TODAY'S SENSIBILITIES. WE SOON SHALL FIND OUT IF YOU MAKE FOOL OF ME. (SHOUTS) BUT THE GAGS AND PRATFALLS WERE THE EARLY FOUNDATION OF HIS CAREER. RAISED IN IRVINGTON, NEW JERSEY, LEWIS PERFECTED A COMIC ROUTINE AT ONLY 15, AND SOON FOUND THE PERFECT FOIL IN SUAVE CROONER DEAN MARTIN. AL, THIS IS MY PARTNER, SEYMOUR. MARTIN AND LEWIS MAKING 17 MOVIES, INCLUDING 'THE CADDY'. GIVE ME THE DRIVER. THEIR BREAK-UP IN 1956 AN ACRIMONIOUS ONE. THE TWO NOT PERFORMING TOGETHER AGAIN UNTIL FRANK SINATRA REUNITED THEM ON THE 1976 TELETHON. I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME, DON'T YOU? BY THEN, LEWIS HAD CARVED OUT HIS OWN UNIQUE ROLE IN SHOW BUSINESS, HIS COMEDIES OF THE LATE '50S AND '60S A HUGE INFLUENCE ON THE WORK OF JIM CARREY AND EDDIE MURPHY, WHO'D REMAKE THE NUTTY PROFESSOR. THROUGH IT ALL, HE'D MAKE A FORMIDABLE ICON, THAT STATURE A KEY ELEMENT ON DIRECTOR MARTIN SCORSESE'S 1982 FILM 'THE KING OF COMEDY'. I HAVE A GUN. HOLLYWOOD GREW TO APPRECIATE HIS EMINENCE. HE NEVER WAIVERED OR GAVE AN INCH. HIS TASTES AND SENSIBILITIES SHIFTED, WILLING TO SPEAK HIS MIND. I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY WRITE WHEN IT'S OVER. I DON'T WANNA KNOW ABOUT THAT. I'M NOT GONNA KNOW ABOUT IT. ON TWITTER TODAY, THE TRIBUTES POURING IN. JIM CARREY SAYING ` JERRY LEWIS WAS 91. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE MAJOR COSMIC EVENT THAT HAS SCORES OF AMERICANS CAMPING OUT AND SHEILDING THEIR EYES. CAN KIWI SHOT-PUTTER TOM WALSH FOLLOW UP ON HIS WORLD CHAMPS GLORY AT THE DIAMOND LEAGUE IN BIRMINGHAM? With a St John Medical Alarm, you have the confidence to enjoy living at home. If there's an emergency, you can press the button and it connects directly with St John, who'll know exactly what's needed, from reassuring advice... to dispatching the right help for your situation. It feels like having St John right here in your own home. Call 0800 50 23 23 and find out about a free trial. . All right, so, this is Tim. 34-year-old male. RTC. Multi-vehicle... VOICES OVERLAP I think about the car crash a lot. I know he caused it and I reacted the best way possible. But it's hard to let it go. SOMBRE MUSIC When I asked what had happened to him, the doctors said he really wore the impact ` any more and things would've been much worse. They said he was lucky ` lucky I wasn't going any faster. Thank you. SOMBRE MUSIC CONTINUES It's OK. MUSIC CONTINUES It's OK. 14 U.S. STATES ARE BRACING FOR MILLIONS OF VISITORS AHEAD OF A RARE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE THAT'LL HAPPEN LATER TONIGHT. THE LAST ONE SEEN WAS AROUND 40 YEARS AGO. THE ABC'S MATT GUTMAN REPORTS. (CHEERING, LAUGHTER) TONIGHT, SPECTATORS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE SCRAMBLING TO WITNESS HISTORY. SMALL TOWNS WITH BIG VIEWS, LIKE PRINEVILLE, OREGON. WOMAN: THIS IS ALL HEADING INTO PRINEVILLE. TEEMING WITH CROWDS VYING FOR A CLEAR SHOT OF A GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE. THE 70-MILE WIDE SHADOW CAST BY THE MOON WILL SPEED ACROSS A RIBBON OF THE COUNTRY STRETCHING FROM OREGON TO SOUTH CAROLINA, PLUNGING PARTS OF 14 STATES INTO SUDDEN DARKNESS OVER A SPAN OF ABOUT 90 MINUTES. ALL OF THE COUNTRY WILL GET TO SEE AT LEAST A PARTIAL ECLIPSE. 200 MILLION AMERICANS LIVE WITHIN A DAY'S DRIVE OF THE 'PATH OF TOTALITY', WHICH IS WHY OFFICIALS ARE BRACING FOR WHAT COULD BE THE WORST TRAFFIC JAM IN U.S. HISTORY. SCHOOLS ARE PLANNING TO KEEP KIDS INDOORS FOR EYE SAFETY, AND IN STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA THAT RELY ON THE SOLAR POWER GRID, EXPERTS ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE, BUT SAY THERE'S LITTLE CAUSE FOR CONCERN. TENS OF THOUSANDS STREAMING HERE TO SOLAR FEST IN MADRAS, WHICH NASA SAYS IS THE BEST SPOT TO VIEW THE ECLIPSE. THIS FAMILY TRAVELLED 800 MILES FROM PHILADELPHIA TO SEE THE ECLIPSE. IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY COOL TO HAVE IT ALL BRIGHT AND THEN COMPLETELY DARK IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. NASA'S DR JIM GREEN CALLS IT A RARE CHANCE TO SEE THE SUN LIKE NEVER BEFORE. WHAT WE WANNA LOOK FOR IS HOW EXTENSIVE THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE SUN IS. THE LAST TIME AMERICANS GOT A GOOD LOOK AT ONE, JIMMY CARTER WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. NOT UNTIL AUGUST 21ST 2017 WILL ANOTHER ECLIPSE BE VISIBLE FROM NORTH AMERICA. YOU'LL NEED SPECIAL-PURPOSE SOLAR FILTERS TO WATCH THE ECLIPSE. MANY STORES SOLD OUT. TOM WALSH'S RUN OF GOOD FORM'S STICKING AROUND, TAKING OUT THE SHOT-PUT GOLD AT THE LATEST DIAMOND LEAGUE EVENT IN BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND. THE KIWI THREW 21.83M TO BEAT HIS AMERICAN RIVAL RYAN CROUSER, WHO THREW 21.55. AND THEN HITS IT. REALLY UNLEASHES IT, HITS IT HIGH. THE TALL MEN HAVE GOT AN ADVANTAGE HERE. HE'S SO QUICK. HE'S GOT A GOOD LEFT SIDE TO WORK AGAINST. A VERY FINE TECHNICIAN INDEED IS TOM WALSH. WALSH'S NEXT EVENT IS IN ZAGREB IN CROATIA THIS WEEKEND. KIWI SAM OSBORNE HAS TAKEN OUT THE X-TERRA CROSS TRIATHLON GERMANY CHAMPIONSHIP. OSBORNE FINISHING THE EXTREME STYLED TRIATHLON, INCLUDING THE 1.5KM SWIM, 38KM MOUNTAIN BIKE RIDE AND 10KM TRAIL RUN IN A TIME OF 2 HOURS 36 SECONDS. WE GOT A GOOD GAP ON THE BIKE AND WE WERE WORKING WELL. AND AFTER I GOT OVER THE BIG CLIMB, I THOUGHT, 'I'M IN A GOOD POSITION HERE. I SHOULD JUST CONSERVE ENERGY 'AND TRY AND TURN IT INTO A RUNNING RACE,' WHICH ENDED UP WORKING OUT PERFECT. THE CHAMPIONSHIP NOW MOVES TO DENMARK FOR THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS ON SEPTEMBER 3RD. SPURS' WEMBLEY CURSE HAS STRUCK AGAIN, WITH PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS CHELSEA GOING UP OVER TOTTENHAM THIS MORNING AT THEIR NEW HOME AWAY FROM HOME. SPURS AT THEIR NEW STOMPING GROUND FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON, AND IT WAS MARCOS ALONSO RUINING THE PARTY, GETTING THINGS GOING EARLY FOR THE BLUES WITH THIS STUNNING FREE KICK. OH, IT'S A GEM! (CROWD ROARS) IT IS A WEMBLEY GEM-AND-A-HALF! STREAMER FOR MARCOS ALONSO AND THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SPURS AT THEIR NEW HOME. AN OWN GOAL AS GOOD AS IT GOT FOR SPURS NO LONGER AT WHITE HART LANE, CHELSEA TAKING THEIR FEW CHANCES, ALONSO FINDING ANOTHER WITH ONLY THREE MINUTES REMAINING TO TAKE THE MATCH 2-1. TO THE NRL, AND HUNDREDS OF PLAYERS WILL MEET IN SYDNEY TONIGHT TO CONSIDER WHETHER TO BOYCOTT OCTOBER'S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP OVER AN ONGOING PAY DISPUTE. IT'S UNDERSTOOD WARRIORS PLAYERS WILL BE INVOLVED. ON THE FIELD, THE MANLY SEA EAGLES ARE FIGHTING TO STAY IN PLAY-OFF CONTENTION AFTER GOING DOWN TO THE BULLDOGS LAST NIGHT. THE 12TH-PLACE DOGGIES PUTTING IT TO MANLY RUNNING IN SIX TRIES, THUMPING THE SEA EAGLES 30-16 GIVING IT TO HOPOATE. ANOTHER CUT OUT BALL. ANOTHER TRY FOR MARCELO MONTOYA. THE LOSS DROPS MANLY TO EIGHTH ON THE LADDER WITH 28 POINTS ` JUST ONE WIN AHEAD OF THE DRAGONS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES. THE FUNERAL FOR LEGENDARY RUGBY PLAYER SIR COLIN MEADS WILL BE HELD IN TE KUITI NEXT MONDAY. BOTH NATIONAL AND LABOUR HAVE UNVEILED BIG POLICY ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS MORNING. LABOUR'S PROMISED A BASIC COMMUTER RAIL BETWEEN AUCKLAND, HAMILTON AND TAURANGA, WHILE NATIONAL'S ANNOUNCED $18 GP VISITS FOR COMMUNITY CARD HOLDERS. AND A 7-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AS A VICTIM IN LAST WEEK'S BARCELONA TERROR ATTACK. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ AND FINALLY, ELVIS ENTHUSIASTS IN THE PHILIPPINES GATHERED FOR THE ANNUAL 'ELVIS OF ASIA' COMPETITION TO COMMEMORATE THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KING OF ROCK 'N' ROLL. # WELL, SINCE MY BABY LEFT, # WELL, I FOUND A NEW PLACE TO DWELL. # WELL, IT'S DOWN AT THE END OF LONELY STREET... AUDIENCES SANG ALONG TO FAVOURITES FROM THE KING, INCLUDING 'HEARTBREAK HOTEL' AND 'BLUE SUEDE SHOES'. JUN ESPINOSA WAS CROWNED 'ELVIS OF ASIA'. THE PRIZE ` A LUXURY TRIP TO GRACELAND. THANKS FOR JOINING US. FROM THE TEAM BEHIND 1 NEWS MIDDAY, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JAKE EBDALE AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017