TONIGHT ` HE'S DONE. THE ELECTION TAKES ANOTHER TWIST AS PETER DUNNE QUITS. A HAKA FOR A HERO. TE KUITI PREPARES TO SAY GOODBYE TO SIR COLIN MEADS. AND AMERICAN'S GEAR UP FOR A TOTAL ECLIPSE THAT'LL BE SEEN FROM COAST TO COAST. THE SHOCKS JUST KEEP COMING THIS ELECTION. TODAY, ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S VETERAN MPs, PETER DUNNE, 30 YEARS IN OFFICE. THE UNITED FUTURE LEADER IS A KEY GOVERNMENT ALLY, AND HIS DECISION TO LEAVE HIS LONG-HELD OHARIU SEAT IS A MAJOR BLOW FOR NATIONAL. MR DUNNE'S NOW THE THIRD PARTY LEADER TO STEP DOWN IN AS MANY WEEKS. WITH ALL THE FALLOUT, HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN. AFTER 33 YEARS AS AN MP, PETER DUNNE HAS SUDDENLY SENSED THE GAME IS UP. I WAS GETTING A SIGNAL FROM PEOPLE WHOSE VIEWS I'VE RESPECTED OVER THE YEARS THAT IT WAS TIME TO MOVE ON. THIS FOLLOWS A SHOCK 1 NEWS-COLMAR BRUNTON POLL IN OHARIU SHOWING HIM WELL BEHIND LABOUR'S GREG O'CONNER. I HAD TO ASK MYSELF THE PRETTY HARD QUESTION ` 'AM I REALLY UP FOR GOING FOR THIS FOR A 12TH TIME?' FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS, UNITED FUTURE HAS PROVIDED A CRUCIAL ONE-SEAT PARLIAMENTARY BUFFER FOR NATIONAL. WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS AGREED, BUT HE HAS ALWAYS COMMITTED HIS SUPPORT TO CONFIDENCE AND SUPPLY. AND NATIONAL INVESTED POLITICAL CAPITAL IN OHARIU THIS ELECTION, ADVISING SUPPORTERS THEY VOTE FOR MR DUNNE OVER ITS CANDIDATE, BRETT HUDSON. IT'S ONE LETTER AND ONE ELECTORATE. NO, IT'S NOT A CIRCUS. I MEAN, MR DUNNE'S MADE AN UNEXPECTED DECISION. AS FOR OHARIU NOW, IT'S NOW WIDE OPEN AGAIN. IT'S GONNA BE HARD WORK FOR THE NEXT FIVE WEEKS BETWEEN NOW AND THE ELECTION. I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN WIN THE SEAT AND WE CAN WIN THE PARTY VOTE AGAIN. PETER DUNNE ENTERED PARLIAMENT IN 1984. HE'S BEEN A MINISTER IN BOTH LABOUR AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS. AND IN 2002, A STRONG DEBATE EVEN HELPED UNTIED FUTURE GET NEARLY 7% OF THE VOTE. PROBABLY ABOUT TIME HE STEPPED ASIDE FOR SOMEONE ELSE. I'LL MISS HIS PRESENCE. I FEEL IT'S A SHAME COS IT TAKES ALL THE COMPETITION AWAY FROM THE ELECTORATE. PETER DUNNE ISN'T BLAMING THE SO-CALLED JACINDA EFFECT FOR THE MOOD CHANGE IN HIS ELECTORATE. ALTHOUGH HE BELIEVES HER LEADERSHIP IS OVERHYPED. POLITICS IS ABOUT THE HARD GRIND OF SUBSTANTIVE POLICY, ACHIEVEMENT AND HARD WORK. IT'S NOT ABOUT SMILES AND WAVES. SO ONE OF PARLIAMENT'S TRUE SURVIVORS IS WALKING AWAY TODAY, WITH A RECORD OF 11 ELECTORATE WINS AND ZERO LOSSES. ALONG WITH THE POLITICAL TWISTS, PARTIES HAVE ALSO BEEN HITTING THE CAMPAIGN TRIAL, ANNOUNCING MORE KEY POLICIES TODAY. BUT IT'S WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES PARTY LEADER SAID OF HIS LABOUR COUNTERPART THAT'S SPARKED THE MOST DISCUSSION. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD HAS MORE. JACINDA ARDERN WAS POPULAR ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN TAURANGA TODAY... (ALL CHEER) ...BUT ALSO GETTING ATTENTION. OPPORTUNITIES PARTY LEADER GARETH MORGAN UNDER FIRE FOR A TWEET SAYING THE LABOUR LEADER NEEDED TO SHOW SHE'S MORE THAN 'LIPSTICK ON A PIG'. I COULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING FAR MORE GARETH MORGAN. LIKE IT'S... THE SAME AS POLISHING A TURD. YOU CAN'T MAKE A SILK PURSE OUT OF A SOW'S EAR. SAME THING. WHILE MS ARDERN BRUSHED IT OFF,... IT WAS AIMED AT ME, AND THE QUESTION WAS WHETHER I TAKE OFFENCE, AND I DON'T PARTICULARLY. AN UNLIKELY ALLY SLAMMED MR MORGAN'S COMMENTS AND SAID HE WOULDN'T WORK WITH HIM. I THINK THEY ARE DELIBERATELY APPALLING COMMENTS. MR MORGAN SAYS POLITICS SHOULD BE ABOUT POLICY NOT PERSONALITY. LABOUR DID MAKE A POLICY PLEDGE TODAY, THOUGH ` TO CONDUCT A $20M SCOPING EXERCISE TO LOOK AT INTRODUCING RAPID RAIL BETWEEN AUCKLAND, HAMILTON AND TAURANGA. WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR ABOUT 350,000 TRIPS PER YEAR IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN JUSTIFY EXPANDING THE SERVICE. AND THE GREENS ON-BOARD THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WITH A PROMISE TO PROVIDE FREE PUBLIC TRANSPORT FOR EVERYONE UNDER 19. HEALTH WAS THE FOCUS OF NATIONAL'S CAMPAIGN TODAY. HALF A MILLION PEOPLE DIDN'T GO TO THE DOCTOR LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE COST, SO DOCTORS HAVE BEEN CAMPAIGNING FOR AN OVERHAUL OF THE COMPLICATED SYSTEM USED TO FUND GP VISITS. TODAY THEY WON THAT. FROM NEXT YEAR, NATIONAL SAY ALL GP VISITS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE CARD HOLDERS WILL BE CAPPED AT $18. 600,000 PEOPLE OUTSIDE THOSE PRACTICES ON LOW INCOMES WHO WERE NOT GETTING LOW-COST CONSULTATIONS. AND NOW THEY ARE. SO THAT REALLY DOES SOLVE THAT INEQUITY. DOCTORS ARE CONFIDENT THAT'LL HELP MORE KIWIS ACCESS PRIMARY HEALTH CARE. I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD START. THERE ARE PROBABLY OTHER THINGS WE NEED TO DO IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME TO ADDRESS THE WHOLE OF THE FUNDING PACKAGE FOR PRIMARY CARE SO THAT WE CAN GET THE FAIREST SYSTEM POSSIBLE. BUT THIS IS A VERY GOOD START. OH, IT'LL DEFINITELY SAVE LIVES. IT'LL COST $380M OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, AND BILL ENGLISH HOPES IT'LL KEEP HIS CAMPAIGN IN PEAK CONDITION. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. THE MAORI KING'S MADE THE RARE MOVE OF PUBLICALLY THROWING HIS SUPPORT BEHIND THE MAORI PARTY AHEAD OF SEPTEMBER'S ELECTION. IN HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS AT HIS CORONATION COMMEMORATIONS, KING TUHEITIA DEFENDED HIS RIGHT TO BE INVOLVED IN POLITICS ` SOMETHING HIS PREDECESSOR, HIS MOTHER, AVOIDED. WE WILL MAKE THE GENERAL ELECTION AND THE NEED TO SECURE POLITICAL INFLUENCE A LIFE-LONG COMMITMENT. I'D JUST LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE CANDIDATES STANDING FOR THE MAORI PARTY. KING TUHEITIA IS BACKING RAHUI PAPA FOR THE HAURAKI WAIKATO ELECTORATE, RATHER THAN HIS OWN COUSIN, LABOUR'S NANAIA MAHUTA. SIR COLIN MEADS' SMALL HOMETOWN IN WAIKATO IS GEARING UP FOR A HUGE FAREWELL FOR THE RUGBY GIANT. THOUSANDS ARE EXPECTED IN TE KUITI FOR THE 81-YEAR-OLD'S FUNERAL NEXT MONDAY, AND AS NICOLE BREMNER REPORTS, LOCALS ARE ALREADY SHARING THEIR STORIES OF THE MAN BEHIND THE LEGEND. (ALL PERFORM HAKA) RUGBY'S FUTURE HONOURING ITS PAST. TE KUITI'S STATUE OF SIR COLIN MEADS IS NOW A BEACON OF PRIDE AND REMEMBRANCE. WE JUST DID A HAKA FOR RESPECT FOR COLIN, COS HE'S A GREAT MAN. ALWAYS DRINKING A BEER TOO. ALWAYS IN THE CLUB ROOMS SUPPORTING US. TRIBUTES BEGAN ARRIVING AS NIGHT FELL, WITH DAWN HERALDING ANOTHER MARK OF RESPECT ` A CLOAK KNOWN AS 'THE TRAVELLER' SHARED IN HIS HONOUR. IT'S THE CLOAK OF AROHA, OF LOVE, TO EMBRACE THE DECEASED AND THE WHANAU. AT THE CLUB BOASTING THE RUGBY GREAT AS A LIFE MEMBER, STORIES WERE SHARED LATE INTO THE NIGHT. BE FAIR TO SAY HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE THIS CLUB WOULD HAVE HAD IN IT. AND ONE OF THE MOST LIKEABLE, IT SEEMS. FOND MEMORIES FOUND IN EVERY CORNER. HE WAS A LEGEND AND AN EVERYDAY TE KUITI MAN. IF YOU SAW HIM IN THE STREET, HE'D STOP AND SAY HELLO. THE FOCUS NOW ON HONOURING THE BIG MAN'S MEMORY. THE WHOLE TOWN FROM HIS OLD HIGH SCHOOL TO HIS FORMER CLUB, READY TO PITCH IN AND HELP WITH WHAT'S EXPECTED TO BE ONE OF THE TOWN'S LARGEST FUNERALS. IT'S REALLY TO MAKE SURE WE SEND HIM OFF APPROPRIATELY, GIVEN HIS NATIONAL STATURE. BUT IT'S THE SMALL THINGS THESE YOUNGSTERS REMEMBER. RETURNING OUR BALLS SOMETIMES WHEN WE KICK IT. HIS LOVE OF THE GAME INSPIRING A NEW GENERATION NICOLE BREMNER, 1 NEWS. A GRIEF-STRICKEN DAUGHTER IS CALLING FOR A NATIONWIDE INQUIRY INTO THE COUNTRY'S UNDER-PRESSURE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. ALICIA SIMPSON SAYS HER STRUGGLING FATHER TRIED TO GET HELP BEFORE MURDERING HIS WIFE AND TAKING HIS OWN LIFE. POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE WITH THE EXCLUSIVE STORY. KIM AND LYNETTE SIMPSON IN HAPPIER TIMES, BEFORE HE STABBED HER TO DEATH WITH SCISSORS AND KILLED HIMSELF IN 2014. HE FELT THE ONLY WAY OUT WAS TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE. KIM SIMPSON WAS AT THE END OF HIS TETHER OVER BUSINESS WORRIES, FEARS HE HAD CANCER, AND THE SUICIDE OF HIS YOUNGER BROTHER. I THINK MUM POSSIBLY GOT IN THE WAY OF HIM DOING WHAT HE NEEDED TO GO AND DO TO HIMSELF. DAYS BEFORE THEIR DEATHS, HIS WORRIED GP SENT POLICE TO THE OAMARU HOLIDAY PARK THEY OWNED TO REMOVE MR SIMPSON'S GUNS. HE WAS ALSO REFERRED TO DUNEDIN HOSPITAL AND TOLD TO PACK A BAG FOR ADMISSION. APPARENTLY DAD CHANGED HIS STORY WHEN HE GOT THERE AND SAID THAT HE WAS NO LONGER FEELING SUICIDAL. IF HE GOT THE HELP THAT HE NEEDED, THAT, YES, HE MAY HAVE GONE ON TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE, BUT WE WOULD STILL HAVE OUR MUM. MR SIMPSON KILLED HIMSELF IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE NEXT DAY. POLICE ONLY FOUND HIS WIFE'S BODY WHEN THEY WENT TO BREAK THE NEWS OF HIS DEATH. THEY ALSO FOUND THEIR TWO YOUNGEST SONS STILL ASLEEP AND A SUICIDE NOTE WHICH READ... ALICIA SIMPSON HAS SINCE RECEIVED A FORMAL APOLOGY FROM SOUTHERN DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD. IN A STATEMENT, THEY TOLD 1 NEWS... ...AFTER A SERIOUS EVENT. ALICIA SIMPSON IS NOW BACKING CALLS FOR A FULL INQUIRY INTO STRETCHED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. I'VE GONE THROUGH THE LAST THREE YEARS PROBABLY FEELING ASHAMED FOR WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO MY PARENTS, BUT THAT HASN'T GOTTEN ME ANYWHERE. SHE'S NOW HOPING THAT SHARING HER STORY WILL HELP OTHERS AND HELP HER MOVE ON. ANDREA VANCE, 1 NEWS. AUCKLAND COUNCIL'S BEEN INVESTIGATING AFTER A CLIFF COLLAPSE AT AN EAST AUCKLAND BEACH BROUGHT DOWN A BACK YARD. A PASSER-BY AT EASTERN BEACH FILMED THE MOMENT DEBRIS, TREES AND A RETAINING WALL PLUNGED 10M DOWN THE CLIFF. 1 NEWS WENT UP IN THE AIR TODAY TO GET A CLEARER PICTURE OF THE AFFECTED PROPERTY. THE DECK OF THE CLOVELLY RD HOME SEEN TEETERING OVER THE EDGE. THE OWNERS ARE WORKING WITH THE EARTHQUAKE COMMISSION. ONE OF THE GREATS OF AMERICAN COMEDY, JERRY LEWIS, HAS DIED AGED 91. HE ROSE TO FAME IN THE '50s, AFTER TEAMING UP WITH CROONER DEAN MARTIN AND WENT ON TO STAR IN TELEVISION AND MOVIES FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES. BUT IT WAS HIS DEDICATION TO CHARITY WORK THAT'S ALSO BEING REMEMBERED, AS CHANNEL NINE'S ROBERT PENFOLD REPORTS. HOLD IT! I'M A NERVOUS WRECK. A NERVOUS WRECK. JERRY LEWIS ` OF COURSE, THERE WAS NO ONE LIKE HIM. (CLANG!) WELL, THAT'S TERRIFIC. ON SCREEN IN THE 1950S AND 1960S, HE WAS GOOFY AND NOT A LITTLE BIT BUT A LOT CRAZY. THAT ELASTIC BODY, THE WELL-REHEARSED SCREECHING VOICE. AND IT WAS ALL SUCH A GREAT ACT. WHY DO WE LAUGH AT THE MAN SLIPPING ON A BANANA PEEL? THERE, BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD, GO I. HE GREW UP IN A SHOWBIZ FAMILY NEAR NEW YORK. IN HIS TEENS, HE WAS ALREADY THE NEIGHBOURHOOD COMIC. THEN, WHEN HE WAS 20, CAME HIS BIG BREAK, CHOSEN TO BE THE SIDEKICK TO THE ULTRA SUAVE DEAN MARTIN. YES, LIKE PARTNERS, YOU KNOW. PARTNERS. AFTER THE LEWIS AND MARTIN PARTNERSHIP BROKE UP ACCROMONIOUSLY, HE CONTINUED TO MAKE SUCCESSFUL TV SPECIALS AND MOVIES. THEY INCLUDED THE DISORDERLY ORDERLY, THE BELLBOY, AND THE ORIGINAL NUTTY PROFESSOR. CLASS DISMISSED. LEWIS WAS OFTEN A CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE, HAVING TO APOLOGISE OCCASIONALLY. IN PARTICULAR AFTER CRITICISING WOMEN COMICS, SAYING THEY'RE UNFUNNY, AND SPEAKING HARSHLY OF THE DISABLED. STILL, HIS APPEAL IS WORLDWIDE. THE FRENCH GIVING HIM THEIR HIGHEST AWARD, THE LEGION OF HONOUR. HE ALL BUT INVENTED THE TELETHON. STARTING IN THE 1950S, HE HOSTED THEM FOR 50 YEARS, RAISING NEARLY $3B TO FIGHT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY. HE'D RECENTLY BEEN IN HOSPITAL. BUT AT 91 TODAY WHEN HE DIED, HE WAS IN HIS LAS VEGAS HOME SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY. # YOU'LL NEVER # WALK # ALONE. # THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST AHEAD ` SYDNEY PLANS ANOTHER HOTSPOT, BUT FOR SEA LIFE. WHY ITS HARBOUR'S UNDERWATER SPECIES ARE SO IMPRESSIVE. THE LATEST FROM THE ALL BLACKS IN DUNEDIN AS THE SQUAD ADMITS THEY NEED TO IMPROVE. THE HUNT FOR THE PERSON WHO KILLED 13 PEOPLE IN BARCELONA HAS NOW BEEN EXTENDED ACROSS EUROPE. IT COMES AS GRIEF REPLACES HOPE FOR THE FAMILY OF A LITTLE AUSTRALIAN BOY WHO DIED IN THE TERROR ATTACK. CHANNEL NINE'S DAMIAN RYAN REPORTS. HE WILL FOREVER BE THE AUSTRALIAN FACE OF THE BARCELONA TRAGEDY. JULIAN CADMAN (7) IS NO LONGER MISSING OR UNACCOUNTED FOR. A DNA TEST HAS CONFIRMED HIS FAMILY'S GREATEST FEAR. ...A STATEMENT READ. JULIAN WAS IN YEAR TWO AT ST BERNADETTE'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY. SPECIALIST COUNSELLORS ARE BEING CALLED IN TO ASSIST STUDENTS AND TEACHERS, AND A MEMORIAL SERVICE IS NOW BEING PLANNED. THEY'RE AN INCREDIBLE FAMILY, AND NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHAT THEY ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH TODAY. BACK IN SPAIN, THE HUNT FOR THE TERRORISTS WHO KILLED JULIAN AND 13 OTHERS HAS CROSSED INTERNATIONAL BORDERS. IT'S BELIEVED YOUNES ABAUYAAQOUB (22) MAY HAVE SLIPPED INTO FRANCE. THIS IS HIM ON CCTV JUST 18 HOURS BEFORE THE ATTACK. THE AUTHORITIES SAY HIS ID WAS FOUND IN THE WHITE VAN WHICH PLOUGHED INTO PEDESTRIANS. THE REST OF THE 12-STRONG TERROR CELL IS EITHER IN CUSTODY OR DEAD. AND JUST DAYS AFTER THAT ATTACK, A CAR HAS RAMMED INTO TWO BUS STOPS IN FRANCE, KILLING AT LEAST ONE WOMAN IN THE PORT CITY OF MARSEILLES. MEDIA ARE REPORTING ANOTHER PERSON WAS INJURED IN THE INCIDENT. A MAN (35) HAS BEEN ARRESTED, BUT POLICE SAY THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS MOTIVES WERE. 10 SAILORS ARE MISSING AND FIVE ARE INJURED AFTER A US DESTROYER COLLIDED WITH AN OIL TANKER. THE GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER WAS SAILING OFF THE COAST OF SINGAPORE WHEN IT HIT THE VESSEL. A WIDE-RANGING RESCUE EFFORT IS NOW UNDERWAY TO FIND THE CREW. IT'S THE SECOND COLLISION INVOLVING A US NAVY SHIP IN RECENT MONTHS. THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE MAY BE ONE AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST TOURIST ATTRACTIONS, BUT THE WATER AROUND IS ALSO A HAVEN FOR FISH. THE HARBOUR'S HEALTH HAS LEAD OFFICIALS TO CREATE AN ARTIFICIAL REEF, BUT DON'T GET YOUR DIVE GEAR OUT YET. IT'S PURELY FOR SEA CREATURES. CHANNEL NINE'S JAYNE AZZOPARDI EXPLAINS. SYDNEY HARBOUR ` IMPRESSIVE FROM EVERY ANGLE AND HEALTHIER THAN IT'S BEEN IN YEARS. WE'VE DISCOVERED NEARLY 600 SPECIES OF FISH IN THE HARBOUR. THAT'S MORE THAN THE ENTIRE COAST OF NEW ZEALAND. BUT THERE ARE THREATS. THERE'S STORM WATER. THERE'S DREDGING. THERE'S ALL SORTS OF POTENTIAL THREATS. MAN-MADE SEAWALLS AND DOCKS HAVE ERODED SOME OF THE NATURAL HABITAT. SO RESEARCHERS FROM U.T.S AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY HAVE COME UP WITH A UNIQUE WAY TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK. THEY'LL BEGIN BY MONITORING FISH NUMBERS AROUND THE HARBOUR, THEN INSTALL A MINI ARTIFICIAL REEF ALONGSIDE THE OPERA HOUSE, A MORE SCIENTIFIC VERSION OF THESE MILK CRATES, TO PROVIDE A NEW REFUGE FOR SMALLER FISH. WITH THE LOSS OF NATURAL HABITAT AROUND THE EDGES, WE'VE GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. WITH ITS IDEAL POSITION IN THE MIDDLE OF SYDNEY HARBOUR, THE OPERA HOUSE IS A NATURAL PARTNER. WE CONSIDER OURSELVES CUSTODIANS OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE. THE HARBOUR IS UNDOUBTEDLY SYDNEY'S PREMIER TOURIST DESTINATION, AND THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO CREATE ANOTHER ONE HERE. THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE SOME KIND OF GREAT BARRIER REEF FOR RECREATIONAL DIVERS. IT'S PURELY FOR THE FISH. THE TRIAL REEF WILL BE MONITORED BY SCIENTISTS, AND IF IT SUCCEEDS IN BOOSTING MARINE BIODIVERSITY, IT COULD BE EXTENDED TO OTHER LOCATIONS. THE ARTIFICIAL REEF WILL BE INSTALLED EARLY NEXT YEAR. 'GETTING CAUGHT OUT TRYING TO PLAY TOO MUCH.' THAT'S THE HONEST ADMISSION FROM ALL BLACKS PLAYERS ON WHAT WENT WRONG AGAINST THE WALLABIES THIS WEEKEND. THE ABs ARE IN DUNEDIN PREPARING FOR THE SECOND TEST OF THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP AND ALSO REFLECTING ON THE PASSING OF ONE OF RUGBY'S GREATEST PLAYERS. MARK HATHAWAY REPORTS. BACK ON HOME SOIL, WITH PLENTY OF HOME SUPPORT. THE ALL BLACKS FRESH OFF A WIN IN THE WEEKEND, BUT THE BIGGEST TALKING POINT IN RUGBY HERE REMAINS THE PASSING OF SIR COLIN MEADS. THERE'S A LOT OF PLAYERS THAT HAVE TRIED TO TAKE SOME THINGS OUT HIS GAME, AND THAT'S BEEN PASSED ON FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. IT COULD BE SAID THE OBVIOUS EXAMPLE OF THAT LEGACY IS WHITELOCK'S LOCKING PARTNER BRODIE RETALLICK ` THE MASSIVE WORK RATE COUPLED WITH BALL SKILLS RARELY SEEN IN A LOCK. FOR WHAT HE DID BACK IN THE DAY AND HIS SKILL SET, HE WAS A LEGEND OF THE GAME, AND HE'S A LEGEND OF THE ALL BLACK LEGACY. SO I THINK IT'S MADE A BIT OF AN IMPACT ON ALL THE BOYS. THE ALL BLACKS HAVEN'T YET DECIDED HOW THEY'LL ACKNOWLEDGE SIR COLIN ON SATURDAY BUT SAY THOSE DISCUSSIONS WILL BE HAD SOON. FRESH OUT OF THEIR TEAM REVIEW TODAY, THE ISSUE OF THAT SHABBY SECOND HALF IN SYDNEY WAS CERTAINLY A TALKING POINT. THEY'RE IN AGAIN. WE PROBABLY GOT CAUGHT UP IN TRYING TO PLAY TOO MUCH. WHEN WE JUST FOCUS ON OUR OWN INDIVIDUAL ROLE, IT NORMALLY HELPS THE TEAM OUT, AND WE WENT AWAY FROM THAT. A SIMILAR SITUATION UNFOLDED THE LAST TIME THE SIDES MET IN DUNEDIN. THE WALLABIES FIGHTING BACK IN A 41-33 WIN ALL BLACKS WIN. AND WITH THEIR MOST RECENT HOME TEST NOT ONE THE ALL BLACKS ARE OVERLY HAPPY WITH, THERE'S A DESIRE TO PUT IN A PERFORMANCE TO BE PROUD OF. LIKE YOU SAY, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER CHANCE TO TRY AND LOCK THE BLEDISLOE UP FOR ANOTHER YEAR. COLIN MEADS! IN A WEEK WHEN ` ESPECIALLY IN THE LOCKING DEPARTMENT ` THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF MOTIVATION. MARK HATHAWAY, 1 NEWS. THE WINNING STREAK CONTINUES FOR KIWI SHOT-PUTTER TOM WALSH, BACKING UP HIS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GLORY WITH HIS FIRST DIAMOND LEAGUE VICTORY THIS SEASON IN BIRMINGHAM. SHOWING NO SIGNS OF THAT NIGGLING GROIN TEAR, THE 25-YEAR-OLD UNLEASHED THE BIGGEST THROW, BEATING AMERICAN RIVAL RYAN CROUSER BY 28CM. A VERY FINE TECHNICIAN INDEED IS TOM WALSH. AND THERE IT IS. 21.83 IN THE SIXTH AND FINAL ROUND TO UNDERLINE A FINE WIN. WALSH WILL LOOK TO RETAIN HIS DIAMOND LEAGUE TITLE AT THE FINAL MEET IN BRUSSELS NEXT WEEK. BUT HE'LL HAVE TO GET PAST CROUSER FIRST. JUST AHEAD ` YOUR WEATHER FORECAST FOR TOMORROW. AND THE BEST VIEW IN THE WORLD. AMERICANS SCRAMBLE TO SECURE A SPOT AHEAD OF THE SOLAR ECLIPSE. THE COUNTDOWN IS ON IN AMERICA FOR THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. EXPERTS SAY TOMORROW'S BLACKOUT WILL BE THE MOST WATCHED CELESTIAL EVENT IN HISTORY. THE ABC'S MARCI GONZALEZ REPORTS. THE WAIT IS FINALLY OVER... (CHEERING) ...FOR THE GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE. THIS IS A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE. FROM OREGON... THIS IS GONNA BE ONE OF THE PRIME LOCATIONS. ...TO SOUTH CAROLINA. I'MA PUT A PITCH FOR CHARLESTON BECAUSE WE'RE THE LAST PLACE. WE'RE ALSO THE BEST PLACE TO WATCH. (LAUGHS) ALL EYES, PROTECTED BY THOSE ESSENTIAL ECLIPSE GLASSES, TURNING UPWARD TODAY FOR THIS LONG-ANTICIPATED CELESTIAL SHOW. NOT UNTIL AUGUST 21ST 2017 WILL ANOTHER ECLIPSE BE VISIBLE FROM NORTH AMERICA. THAT'S 38 YEARS FROM NOW. WHILE THE LAST TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE HERE IN THE MAINLAND US WAS IN 1979,... OOH! LOOK AT IT. THERE IT IS. ...IT'S BEEN NEARLY 100 YEARS SINCE A TOTAL ECLIPSE CROSSED FROM COAST TO COAST. ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT HERE, YOU KNOW. PEOPLE FROM EVERY STATE AND AROUND THE WORLD CELEBRATING, CAMPING OUT, CROWDING SMALL TOWNS AND CAUSING MAJOR TRAFFIC JAMS. ALL TO BE IN THE PATH OF TOTALITY, WHERE THE MOON'S 70-MILE-WIDE SHADOW WILL CROSS PARTS OF 14 STATES, TURNING DAY INSTANTLY INTO NIGHT FOR JUST A FEW UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER. 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