GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. A SUNNY SATURDAY FOR MOST OF US, SITTING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. JUST A PESKY FRONT LINGERING ABOUT THE FAR SOUTH, GENERATING A FEW SHOWERS THERE. THE RIDGE STAYS PUT FOR ANOTHER DAY, BUT WIND AND THEN RAIN INVADE FROM THE NORTH FROM LUNCHTIME SUNDAY. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HALF OF ALL NEW ZEALANDERS WILL PAY JUST A FEW DOLLARS TO SEE A DOCTOR UNDER LABOUR, AND IT'S NOT JUST THOSE ON LOW INCOMES WHO'LL BENEFIT. BUT WILL WE END UP PAYING MORE FOR FRESH PRODUCE? FIRE A WARNING OVER LABOUR'S WATER PROPOSAL. MILLIONS BRACE FOR THE WORST AS A MONSTER HURRICANE MAKES LANDFALL IN THE U.S. HARVEY IS REALLY STARTING TO SINK ITS TEETH INTO THIS PART OF TEXAS, BUT THIS IS JUST A FIRST JAB. THE FULL PUNCH IS STILL COMING. AUTHORITIES NOW WARNING OF A 'CATASTROPHIC' DISASTER. PLUS, WHO'S AT FAULT WHEN A CRASH INVOLVES A DRIVERLESS CAR? INSURERS TEST HOW COMPUTERS REACT IN LIFE OR DEATH SITUATIONS. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN PROMISES JUST KEEP COMING. TODAY LABOUR PLEDGING TO SLASH THE COST OF VISITING THE DOCTOR TO JUST $8 FOR HALF THE POPULATION, WHILE NATIONAL IS VOWING TO GET TOUGH ON FREEDOM CAMPAIGNS. POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE WITH THE LATEST FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. JACINDA ARDERN SETTING OUT HER STALL AT THE OTARA MARKETS AND HOPING TO DRUM UP SUPPORT WITH A NEW PLAN TO SLASH DOCTOR'S FEES BY $10. WE KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR FAMILIES HAVE BUILT UP DEBT THAT MEANS THEY ARE NOT TAKING THEIR KIDS TO THE DOCTOR. THOSE ON A LOW INCOME WILL PAY JUST $8 ` $10 LESS THAN AN $18 CAP PROPOSED BY NATIONAL LAST WEEK. UNDER LABOUR ` VISTS FOR UNDER 13S WILL REMAIN FREE. 13- TO 17-YEAR-OLDS YEAR OLDS WILL ONLY PAY $2. AND EVERYONE ELSE WILL PAY ON AVERAGE $32 DOLLARS, DOWN FROM $42. THE POLICY WILL COST $260 MILLION A YEAR, AND LABOUR WOULD BOOST THE NUMBER OF GPS BY 300 A YEAR. WHEN WE ANNOUNCED THAT WE WOULD NOT BE BACKING THE GOVERNMENT'S TAX CUTS THAT'S WHAT ALLOWED US TO PUT ASIDE EXTRA MONEY FOR HEALTHCARE. I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD PREFER TO KEEP THE $20 REDUCTION THEY'RE GOING TO GET FROM TAX CUTS AND MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICES. THIS EXPERT SAYS POVERTY OFTEN MAKES PEOPLE DELAY GOING TO THE DOCTOR. ONE OF THE IMPLICATIONS IS THAT WE COULD SAVE A LOT OF MONEY DOWN THE TRACK, BECAUSE IF YOU GET THINGS EARLIER, IT IS OFTEN A LOT CHEAPER TO TREAT. IN QUEENSTOWN TODAY, IT WAS TOURISTS, NOT DOCTOR'S VISITS, THAT BILL ENGLISH WAS FOCUSED ON. THEY CAN COME HERE AS LONG AS THEY FOLLOW THE RULES THAT ARE GOING TO MAINTAIN OUR ENVIRONMENT. HE ANNOUNCED A CRACKDOWN ON FREEDOM CAMPERS THAT INCLUDES ` INSTANT FINES, NEW RULES FORCING CAMPERVANS TO PARK CLOSER TO PUBLIC TOILETS. GREATER LOCAL POWERS TO BAN FREEDOM CAMPING. IT'S A PRETTY CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE SMALL MINORITY OF TOURISTS, THAT'S, 'CLEAN UP YOUR ACT.' BILL ENGLISH IS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHING HIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN AUCKLAND TOMORROW. BUT IT WAS JACINDA ADERN WHO WAS DROPPING HINTS ABOUT A MAJOR POLICY TO COME. IT'S GOING TO TAKE US A WHILE, BUT WE CAN MAKE EDUCATION FREE IN NEW ZEALAND. BOTH PARTIES HOPING TODAY'S NEW POLICIES WILL HIT A SWEET NOTE WITH VOTERS. ANDREA VANCE, 1 NEWS. HURRICANE HARVEY HAS MADE LANDFALL IN TEXAS, WITH EXPERTS WARNING WIDE SWATHES OF THE SOUTHERN U.S. STATE COULD BE 'UNINHABITABLE FOR MONTHS'. HARVEY'S STRENGTHENED TO A CATEGORY-4 STORM WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 200KM/H. OVER A METRE OF RAIN IS FORECAST IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THAT'S ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT AUCKLAND'S HAD IN THE PAST YEAR. A MASS EXODUS FROM THE COAST HAS CAUSED EXTENSIVE TRAFFIC JAMS WHILE THOSE WHO'VE REFUSED TO LEAVE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO WRITE THEIR NAMES AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS ON THEIR ARMS SHOULD THEIR BODIES NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED. THE MOST POWERFUL STORM TO HIT THE U.S. IN MORE THAN A DECADE HAS MADE LANDFALL NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH AND LINGER NEAR HOUSTON. THE ABC'S MATT GUTMAN HAS THE LATEST. HARVEY IS SMASHING INTO THE GULF COAST TONIGHT PACKING FEROCIOUS WIND. AN OCEAN OF WATER OFFICIALS SAY HAS DEADLY POTENTIAL,... BACK UP! BACK UP! ...PUSHING A MOUNTAIN OF WATER BEFORE IT. THAT STORM SURGE PLOUGHING INTO PADRE ISLAND. WINDS ARE STRIPPING BARK FROM TREES IN PORT O'CONNOR. IT'S 11.30 HERE AND THE WIND IS REALLY PICKING UP. THE RAIN'S COMING DOWN HARD AND PELTING YOU. IT FEELS LIKE THERE ARE LITTLE NEEDLES POUNDING YOUR EYES AT THIS POINT, AND THE HURRICANE IS STILL PROBABLY 100 MILES OUT. AND THIS MASSIVE STORM IS STILL INTENSIFYING. TEXAS' GOVERNOR ACTIVATING 1300 NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS, OPENING ENOUGH SHELTERS TO HOUSE 41,000 EVACUEES. WE CAN OBVIOUSLY TELL ALREADY AT THIS STAGE THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY MAJOR DISASTER. OFFICIALS IN ROCKPORT WARNING THAT TO STAY COULD MEAN DYING. THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO STAY, IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT THEY SHOULD MAKE SOME TYPE OF PREPARATION TO MARK THEIR ARM WITH A SHARPIE PEN. PUT THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER ON IT. HURRICANE HUNTERS TRACKING WIND SPEEDS NEAR THE EYE, TOPPING 130MPH, THE STORM A MAJOR HURRICANE. 10 MILLION PEOPLE ARE NOW UNDER WATCHES AND WARNINGS, BUT LANDFALL IS ONLY THE BEGINNING. SOME SPOTS ARE EXPECTED TO GET A 12FT STORM SURGE AND NEARLY 3FT OF RAIN. IT'S THE KIND OF DELUGE THAT DANIELLE AND WILLIAM WEEKS HOPED TO FLEE. AND WHAT ABOUT YOUR HOME? WE ACTUALLY LIVE IN AN R.V. SO WE, UNFORTUNATELY, HAD TO LEAVE IT ON THE ISLAND, SO WE'RE PRETTY WORRIED WE WON'T HAVE A HOME TO GO BACK TO. (SOBS) THEY COULD ONLY GET AS FAR AS CORPUS CHRISTI BECAUSE DANIELLE IS DUE FOR A C-SECTION HERE ON TUESDAY. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TEXAS RESIDENTS WERE ORDERED TO FLEE, BUT SOME, LIKE JANICE, ARE STAYING BEHIND, BELIEVING HER HOME IS STRONGER THAN HARVEY. I FEEL LIKE MOST RESIDENTS DO NEED TO LEAVE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT I FEEL LIKE I DO KNOW WHAT I'M DOING. HARVEY IS EXPECTED TO SIT OVER THE GULF COAST, PUMMELLING IT FOR DAYS WITH THE EFFECTS FELT FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TEXANS HAVE BEEN ON THE MOVE TODAY SEARCHING FOR SAFER GROUND. A MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER'S IN EFFECT ACROSS THE STATE'S GULF COAST SPARKING TRAFFIC CHAOS ON CLOGGED HIGHWAYS. 130 FLIGHTS ACROSS THE REGION HAVE BEEN CANCELED WITH AIRLINES WAIVING REBOOKING FEES. BUT SPECIAL MEDICAL FLIGHTS WERE ALLOWED OUT CARRYING 10 CRITICALLY ILL NEWBORNS IN THEIR INCUBATORS FROM THE COASTAL CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S DECLARED A DISASTER AND WILL TRAVEL TO TEXAS EARLY NEXT WEEK. OUR S.A.S. TROOPS ARE BEING WITHDRAWN FROM TONGA FOLLOWING THE KING'S DECISION TO DISBAND THE GOVERNMENT. KING TUPOU VI YESTERDAY DISSOLVED PARLIAMENT AND ORDERED THE ELECTION BE BROUGHT FORWARD A YEAR. PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER WITH THE FALL-OUT. TONGA'S TURBULENT POLITICAL SITUATION IS THE TALK OF THE TOWN BUT ON THE STREETS IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL. 20 OF OUR SOLDIERS THERE ON A JUNGLE-TRAINING EXERCISE NOW CUT SHORT. NOW THEY'RE COMING HOME. IT'S JUST THE LONG-TERM PERCEPTION WE WANT TO AVOID ` ANY SUGGESTION THAT NEW ZEALAND HAS ANY INFLUENCE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN TONGA. THAT DEMOCRATIC PROCESS WAS PUT TO THE TEST IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TONGA'S HISTORY, THE KING USING HIS CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS TO PUT AN EARLY END TO THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT. KING TUPOU VI HAS NOT GIVEN A REASON FOR THIS BUT THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN WIDELY CRITICISED AS BEING INEFFECTIVE AND CORRUPT. HIS MAJESTY HAS NOT INTERFERED AT ALL WITH GOVERNMENT RUNNING. THERE'S NO DICTATOR STEPPING IN. THERE'S NO COUP HERE. THIS IS SIMPLY BRINGING THE ELECTION FORWARD EIGHT WEEKS FROM NOW, HAVING THE ELECTIONS AGAIN. IT'S HOPED THIS WILL TEMPER ANY TROUBLE. IN 2006, NEW ZEALAND SENT IN TROOPS AFTER RIOTING. I THINK NZ AND AUSTRALIA HAVE A PART TO PLAY IN THIS; THAT PEACE IS MAINTAINED AND THAT WHATEVER HAPPENS THERE IS PEACEFUL DIALOGUE TO TRY AND RESOLVE THE ISSUES THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY FACING THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE A BIG ROLE IN THE SECURITY OF THE PACIFIC. THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. BUT WE WILL JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS. BUT I DON'T THINK WE ARE IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE TO DO ANY MORE THAN WHAT WE ARE, WHICH IS MAKING OFFICIALS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST. THAT ELECTION MUST BE HELD BEFORE NOVEMBER 16. UNTIL THEN CURRENT PRIME MINISTER AND HIS CABINET WILL CONTINUE IN A CARETAKER ROLE. IT WILL BE UP TO THE PEOPLE TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY'LL HAVE A FUTURE RUNNING THE COUNTRY. THOUSANDS OF WESTPORT RESIDENTS HAVE COME OUT IN FORCE IN A PROTEST MARCH, ANGRY ABOUT A PLANNED INTEGRATED HEALTH CENTRE FOR THE DISTRICT THAT WOULD REPLACE THE BULLER HOSPITAL. IT'S THE SECOND PROTEST IN AS MANY WEEKS THAT'S SEEN THE MAJORITY OF THE TOWN'S PEOPLE COME TOGETHER. ALI PUGH HAS MORE. ALL CHANT: STAND UP. FIGHT BACK. WHAT STARTED AS A PETITION HAS GROWN TO THIS. AN ESCALATION OF ANGER THAT'S TODAY SEEN AROUND 3000 WEST COASTERS SWAMP THE STREETS OF WESTPORT, ALL HERE IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST A PLANNED HEALTH CENTRE THAT PROTESTERS SAY IS FLAWED AT EVERY LEVEL. THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE US MONEY. THEY DON'T WANT PUT IT IN THE RIGHT PLACE. IT'S THE WRONG DESIGN. IT'S TOO SMALL. EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IS WRONG. THE CURRENT HOSPITAL HAS 35 BEDS. THE NEW CENTRE WOULD SLASH THAT TO 10. WHERE ARE OUR AGED GONNA GO? WHERE ARE OUR SICK GONNA GO? WE CAN'T BE FERRYING EVERYONE DOWN TO GREYMOUTH. CRITICS BLAME THE DOWNSIZING ON THE CENTRE'S THIRD-PARTY FUNDING MODEL. INSTEAD OF BEING OWNED BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH, IT'LL BE OWNED BY ACC, THEN LEASED BACK TO THE HEALTH BOARD. IF THEY CAN ESTABLISH IT HERE, THEY'LL ROLL IT OUT FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, AND WE'LL LOSE OUT PUBLIC HEALTH. IT'S ANOTHER PRIVATISATION TRICK. THEY'RE BEING USED AS GUINEA PIGS, BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT WESTPORT BEFORE THEY TRY IT ON IN CHRISTCHURCH IN A LARGER BUILDING, AND THEN THEY'LL TRY IT ON IN DUNEDIN. MOMENTUM'S GROWING IN THE SMALL TOWN. TODAY'S MARCH FOLLOWS 1800 WHO SHOWED UP LAST WEEK FOR A SILENT PROTEST. THEIR VOICES NOW JOINED BY MORE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. SENIOR DOCTORS ARE VERY DISTRESSED ABOUT THIS. AND THEY'RE VERY ANGRY. THEY'VE BEEN MARGINALISED, AS HAS THE DHB. THOSE IN BULLER SAY THEY WON'T BE SILENCED AND WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THEIR COMMUNITY. ALI PUGH, 1 NEWS. CALLING ON LABOUR TO REVEAL MORE ABOUT ITS WATER PRICING POLICY, CONCERNED THEY'RE BEING UNFAIRLY TARGETED. THEY SAY A WATER TAX WOULD HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, DRIVING UP THE COST OF HEALTHY FOOD. BRIAR WELLS REPORTS. WITH ROWS OF LETTUCE AND SILVERBEET, LEVIN FARMER NORMAN YOUNG RELIES ON IRRIGATION TO HELP GROW HIS CROPS. THE PROSPECT OF BEING CHARGED MORE FOR USING THE WATER ALARMS HIM. IT'S JUST ANOTHER ADDED COST FOR THE GROWER WHICH THEY DON'T NEED. THERE'S ALREADY ENOUGH COSTS AS IT IS. A COST LABOUR WANTS TO INTRODUCE IF IT GETS INTO POWER. FARMERS AND GROWERS USING IRRIGATION SCHEMES WOULD PAY ROYALTIES WITH PART OF THE REVENUE PUT TOWARDS CLEANING UP THE COUNTRY'S WATERWAYS. PEOPLE WHO USE WATER ARE NOT NECESSARILY WATER POLLUTERS. IN MANY CASES, OUR GROWERS ARE WORKING HARD TO CLEAN UP THE WATERWAYS. THE AMOUNT IS YET TO BE SET BUT IS LIKELY TO BE AROUND 1c OR 2c PER 1000 LITRES. GROWERS SAY THAT WOULD TRICKLE DOWN TO CONSUMERS, PUSHING UP THE COST OF FRESH PRODUCE. GROWERS CAN'T TAKE ALL THE COSTS OF THIS, AND SO SOME WILL BE PASSED THROUGH TO THE CONSUMERS, AND THAT'LL MEAN THEY'LL BUY LESS FRUIT AND VEGETABLES, ` LESS HEALTHY POPULATION. BUT LABOUR LEADER JACINDA ARDERN SAYS SHE'S SEEN SOME OF THE COSTINGS AND THEY'RE MINIMAL. I WANT TO WORK WITH THEM BEFORE WE IMPLEMENT THIS. OUR BOTTOM LINE IS WE WANT THEM TO REMAIN PROFITABLE, VIABLE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR ECONOMY. WATER PRICING IS PROVING TO BE ONE OF THE BIG ELECTION ISSUES. NATIONAL HAS A GROUP OF EXPERTS LOOKING AT IT, BUT THEY AREN'T DUE TO REPORT BACK UNTIL DECEMBER. WE'RE NOT GOING TO IMPLEMENT A WATER TAX. WITH THE DRY SEASON FAST APPROACHING, GROWERS WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW LABOUR'S POLICY WOULD AFFECT THEM. FOR SOME GROWERS, PARTICULARLY IN DRIER DISTRICTS, IT WOULD LITERALLY BANKRUPT THEM. IT WOULDN'T BE VIABLE FOR THEM TO FARM. AN ELECTION PROMISE HE'S HOPING WILL BE RECONSIDERED. BRIAR WELLS, 1 NEWS. FOUR MONTHS ON FROM THE DEVASTATING EDGECUMBE FLOODS, THERE'S BEEN SOME PROGRESS FOR HOMEOWNERS. BUT FARMERS IN THE REGION FEAR THEY'VE BEEN FORGOTTEN AS THEY FACE THE CHALLENGE OF TRYING TO MAKE THEIR SODDEN PADDOCKS PRODUCTIVE. SAM KELWAY REPORTS. THIS IS WHAT GRAHAM LYFORD'S BEEN WAKING UP TO FOR FOUR MONTHS ` ALMOST 120HA LANGUISHING UNDER LAYERS OF SILT AND MUD. THE FARM IS UNDER CONSTANT ATTACK FROM CONTINUING RAIN EVER SINCE THE APRIL FLOODS. LOOKS LIKE THERE'S GRASS OUT THERE, BUT WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH IT, IT'S JUST A MESS. AND THE WATER ISN'T THE ONLY HEADACHE FOR THIS TANEATUA FARMER. GOT NOTHING THIS YEAR. THE BILLS KEEP COMING IN. IT'S THE NATURE OF THE BEAST. THE GOVERNMENT'S OFFERED ALMOST $300,000 IN GRANTS FOR FLOOD-HIT FARMERS LIKE GRAHAM. BUT SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. JUST DOWN THE ROAD, JILL LANGDON SAYS HER FAMILY FACES A $400,000 DAMAGE BILL. WE APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE GOT $10,000, BUT IT REALLY IS A DROP IN THE OCEAN, REALLY. IT'S A PRETTY INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNT TO WHAT WE'VE GOT TO SPEND TO GET THE FARM GET UP AND RUNNING. THE FAMILY'S HOUSE WAS WRECKED LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, BUT THEIR LIVELIHOOD'S ALSO AT STAKE. THEY'RE MILKING MOST OF THEIR HERD ELSEWHERE, AND WHILE THAT GIVES THE PADDOCKS A FIGHTING CHANCE, IT ALSO MEANS A LOSS OF INCOME. IF THE GOVERNMENT COULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. WE WERE AWARE OF OTHER FUNDING AVAILABLE IN PREVIOUS FLOODS AND WHILE FARMERS SAY THE MONEY WILL HELP, THE REAL ISSUE IS ON GROUND LEVEL. THESE PADDOCKS ARE SO SODDEN THERE'S NOW A REAL RISK OF PUGGING. THEY JUST WRECK IT, AND THEN YOU'VE LOST IT FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET GRASS REGROWTH FOR THE NEXT ROUND. THERE'S ALSO BEEN A SPIKE IN THE NUMBER OF FARMERS SEEKING HELP. WE'VE SEEN 34 CLIENTS FOR 12 MONTHS LEADING UP TO APRIL, AND SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD ANOTHER 84 CLIENTS THAT WE'RE HELPING. BUT WITH SPRING JUST AROUND THE CORNER, THERE'RE HOPES FOR SOME SUN AND DRIER PASTURES. NEXT ` EUROPE ON EDGE AS A MAN ARMED WITH A KNIFE'S TAKEN DOWN OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE AFTER ATTACKING POLICE. AND A MACHETE-WIELDING MAN IN BELGIUM'S CAPITAL TARGETS TROOPS IN A SUSPECTED TERROR ATTACK. NORTH KOREA FIRES OFF MORE MISSILES, WATCHED CLOSELY BY U.S. MILITARY STATIONED IN THE REGION. SO WHY DID TODAY'S TEST RECEIVE A LOW-KEY REACTION AFTER TRUMP'S PROMISES OF 'FIRE AND FURY'? AND WHY WOULD AN INSURANCE COMPANY DELIBERATELY CAUSE CRASHES? WELL, THEY'RE WORKING OUT WHAT CAN GO WRONG WITH DRIVERLESS CARS AND HOW MUCH IT'LL COST US ALL. EUROPE'S DEALING WITH ANOTHER SUSPECTED TERROR INCIDENT AFTER A MAN ATTACKED TWO SOLDIERS WITH A MACHETE IN THE CENTRE OF BELGIAN'S CAPITAL. THE 30-YEAR-OLD ATTACKER WAS SHOT AND LATER DIED IN HOSPITAL. ONE SOLDIER SUFFERED A WOUND TO THE FACE, THE OTHER TO HIS HAND. AUTHORITIES SAY THE MAN SHOUTED 'ALLAHU AKBAR' DURING THE ATTACK, WHICH THEY'RE TREATING AS AN ACT OF TERRORISM. AND IN LONDON, TWO POLICE OFFICERS WERE INJURED WHILE ARRESTING A MAN WITH A KNIFE OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE. THE SUSPECT HAD STOPPED HIS CAR NEAR POLICE, AND OFFICERS NOTICED A LARGE KNIFE INSIDE. AUTHORITIES SAY IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL IF THE INCIDENT WAS TERROR-RELATED. NO MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY WERE AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE AT THE TIME. RIOTS IN NORTHERN INDIA HAVE LEFT 29 PEOPLE DEAD AS OUTRAGED FOLLOWERS OF A POPULAR SPIRITUAL GURU PROTESTED HIS RAPE CONVICTION. GURMEET RAM RAHIM SINGH, WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE MILLIONS OF DEVOTEES, WAS FOUND GUILTY OF RAPING TWO WOMEN IN 2002. THE BBC'S JUSTIN ROWLATT REPORTS. (MEN YELL) VIOLENCE BROKE OUT AS SOON AS THE GUILTY VERDICT WAS HANDED OUT BY THE COURT IN NORTH INDIA. MORE THAN 100,000 OF GURMEET RAM RAHIM SINGH'S FOLLOWERS HAD FLOCKED TO THE TOWN TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR SUPPORT. THEY WENT ON THE RAMPAGE, BURNING CARS AND ATTACKING THE POLICE, WHO RESPONDED WITH TEAR GAS AND WATER CANONS. (BANG!) WHEN THAT DIDN'T SUBDUE THE CROWD, THEY FIRED LIVE AMMUNITION. AND THERE'VE BEEN CLASHES ELSEWHERE TOO. GURU RAM RAHIM IS A CHARISMATIC FIGURE. HE MAKES MOVIES, CALLING HIMSELF THE MESSENGER OF GOD. HIS HUGE BEARD AND FLAMBOYANT STYLE HAS LED TO HIM BEING CALLED THE BABA OF BLING. (TYRES SCREECH, HORN BLARES) BUT DESPITE HIS SOMETIMES EXTRAORDINARY APPEARANCE, HE IS REGARDED AS A LIVING SAINT BY MANY OF HIS FOLLOWERS. THIS IS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF SCANDALS HERE IN INDIA INVOLVING ASCETICS WHO CLAIM EXCEPTIONAL SPIRITUAL POWERS. GURU RAM RAHIM INSISTS HIS SECT IS A SOCIAL WELFARE AND SPIRITUAL GROUP. BUT THESE TWO RAPE CONVICTIONS AREN'T THE ONLY ALLEGATIONS OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR. HE HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF HELPING PLAN A MURDER, AND IT IS ALSO CLAIMED HE PERSUADED 400 OF HIS ACOLYTES TO HAVE THEMSELVES CASTRATED IN ORDER TO GET CLOSER TO GOD. IT IS THAT KIND OF DEVOTION THAT EXPLAINS THE SCALE AND INTENSITY OF THE VIOLENCE HERE IN NORTH INDIA, AND ALSO WHY THE AUTHORITIES ARE SO CONCERNED ABOUT IT SPREADING. NORTH KOREA'S FIRED THREE SHORT RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES INTO WATERS OFF ITS EASTERN COAST. THE MISSILES FLEW FOR ABOUT 250KM, BEFORE TWO FAILED IN FLIGHT AND ONE BLEW UP. THE U.S. MILITARY'S PACIFIC COMMAND SAYS THE MISSILES DIDN'T POSE ANY THREAT TO THE U.S. TERRITORY OF GUAM OR NORTH AMERICA. LAST MONTH NORTH KOREA TEST-FIRED A MISSILE THAT COULD REACH THE U.S. MAINLAND AND ALSO MADE THREATS AGAINST GUAM. WHO'S TO BLAME IN CRASHES INVOLVING DRIVERLESS VEHICLES? THAT'S THE QUESTION BEING GRAPPLED WITH BY INSURANCE COMPANIES IN BRITAIN, AS TRUCKING COMPANIES GET SET TO TEST DRIVERLESS CONVOYS NEXT YEAR. THE BBC'S RICHARD WESTCOTT HAS MORE. ON A MILITARY BASE IN SWITZERLAND, IMPORTANT TESTS ARE GOING ON. ONE OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST INSURANCE COMPANIES IS DELIBERATELY CRASHING CARS. (THUD!) FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY'RE SIMULATING WHAT DRIVERLESS VEHICLES MIGHT DO WHEN THINGS GO WRONG. WELL, THIS CAR'S OBVIOUSLY A COMPLETE WRITE-OFF. YOU CAN REALLY SMELL THAT THE AIRBAGS HAVE GONE OFF. BUT ALL OF THE SENSORS ARE NOW FULL OF DATA TELLING THEM WHAT THE CAR DID, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DRIVER HERE, AND ALL OF THAT INFORMATION WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH INSURANCE WE ALL PAY IN FUTURE. WE WANT TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE CANNOT HAVE THE SAME ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION METHODS AS WE HAD BEFORE FOR AUTONOMOUS CARS. IF A COMPUTER'S DRIVING, WHO'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CRASH? I DON'T THINK PEOPLE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT WHETHER IT'S THEIR FAULT OR THE COMPUTER'S FAULT. AN INSURANCE POLICY WILL BE REQUIRED, AND THAT WILL DEAL WITH THE CLAIM IN THE FIRST INSTANCE. SO PEOPLE WILL BE COMPENSATED, AND THEN THE INSURANCE COMPANIES, MOTOR MANUFACTURERS, THEY CAN ARGUE AMONGST THEMSELVES IN THE BACKGROUND. THIS NEXT TEST IS ABOUT GIVING THE COMPUTER A MORAL DILEMMA. WHEN AN ACCIDENT IS INEVITABLE, DOES IT HIT THE PERSON ON THE QUAD BIKE, OR SOMEONE IN A CAR? THE BIKE'S CAUSING THE ACCIDENT, BUT THE RIDER'S MORE VULNERABLE. SO WHO SHOULD THE COMPUTER HIT? (METAL SCREECHES) FOR THIS TEST, THEY SIMULATE A CAR CHOOSING THE RIDER. IT'S JUST A DUMMY, BUT IT'S STILL HARD TO WATCH. COMPUTER-DRIVEN CARS ARE INEVITABLE, AND THESE TESTS WILL DETERMINE HOW OUR INSURANCE WILL WORK. AND THEY ALREADY PREDICT THAT PREMIUMS WILL COME DOWN, BECAUSE COMPUTERS MAKE BETTER DRIVERS THAN HUMANS. RENEE'S HERE NOW WITH THE DAY'S WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS, AND A FINE START TO THE WEEKEND, BUT IT MAY NOT END THAT WAY. YES, PETE. FINE FOR MANY PARTS TODAY UNDER A RIDGE. JUST A FRONT LINGERING NEAR THE FAR SOUTH GENERATING RAIN AND SHOWERS FOR SOUTHERN AREAS, WHILE A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS HAVE ALSO BEEN AFFECTING THE UPPER NORTH ISLAND. A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HEAVY RAIN AFFECTING FIORDLAND TODAY AND INTO THE NIGHT. A WARNING IS ALSO OUT FOR SEVERE NORTHEAST GALES DEVELOPING IN NORTHLAND AND AUCKLAND TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THERE IS ALSO A WATCH ON HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHLAND, AUCKLAND, COROMANDEL PENINSULA AND NELSON FROM TOMORROW. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ SO TOMORROW THE RIDGE HANGS ON, BUT WINDS AND RAIN MOVE IN FROM THE NORTH. DETAILS AFTER SPORT. STILL AHEAD, CONVINCING CHINESE AUCKLANDERS TO VOTE FOR THE MAORI PARTY. TAME ITI CAMPAIGNS FOR HIS NUTRITIONIST TO BE THE PARTY'S FIRST CHINESE M.P. I'M THE DRAGON. HE'S THE TANIWHA. AND IT'S AN OLYMPIAN TASK. WE LOOK AT WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THESE SLOPES READY FOR THE WINTER GAMES. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT. DONALD TRUMP'S DECLARED A DISASTER IN TEXAS AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY MADE LANDFALL WITHIN THE PAST FEW HOURS. IT'S JUST BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A CATEGORY-3 STORM. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TEXANS HAVE FLED THE COAST, BUT WELL OVER 5 MILLION AMERICANS ARE STILL IN THE STORM'S PATH. AND LABOUR LEADER JACINDA ARDERN'S BEEN ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN SOUTH AUCKLAND WHERE SHE'S PROMISED LOW-INCOME EARNERS WILL PAY JUST $8 TO VISIT THEIR G.P. MEANWHILE,THE NATIONAL PARTY HAS ANNOUNCED A CRACKDOWN ON FREEDOM CAMPERS THAT INCLUDES INSTANT FINES AND RULES AROUND WHERE THEY CAN PARK. ACTIVIST TAME ITI IS CAMPAIGNING TO GET THE MAORI PARTY'S FIRST CHINESE CANDIDATE INTO PARLIAMENT. MAORI AFFAIRS REPORTER YVONNE TAHANA JOINED THE PAIR AS THEY MET VOTERS IN THE EAST AUCKLAND SUBURB OF BOTANY. TAME ITI OUT CAMPAIGNING AND PAYING BACK A FRIEND. I NEEDED TO LOSE SOME WEIGHT SO HE WAS MY NUTRITIONIST. (LAUGHS) HE'S HELPING WETEX KANG, THE MAORI PARTY'S FIRST CHINESE CANDIDATE FOR A GENERAL SEAT. HE'S THE TANIWHA. I'M THE DRAGON. SAME THING. THE PAIR ARE BOTH PASSIONATE ABOUT IMPROVING RELATIONS BETWEEN MAORI AND CHINESE. WETEX KANG RECKONS SOME CHINESE PEOPLE THINK MAORI COMMIT TOO MUCH CRIME. WHAT I SAID TO ASIANS IS THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE AND BAD PEOPLE IN ALL CULTURES. TAME ITI SAYS SOME MAORI HAVE THEIR OWN NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES ABOUT CHINESE NEW ZEALANDERS, BUT BOTH THINK CULTURAL EXCHANGE POLICIES, SUCH AS SENDING YOUNG MAORI TO CHINA TO BECOME TRI-LINGUAL, WOULD HELP. I THINK WE GOT TO BE REALLY SMART ABOUT HOW WE CAN RADICALISE THE COMMUNITY TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE CONNECTED TOGETHER. BOTANY IS A NATIONAL STRONGHOLD. AT THE LAST ELECTION JAMIE LEE-ROSS GAINED A MASSIVE 13,500 MAJORITY, BUT 40% OF THE POPULATION HERE IS ASIAN, AND WETEX KANG IS BANKING ON THEIR SUPPORT. BUT WILL HIS ETHNICITY MAKE A DIFFERENCE OUT HERE? FOR THE CHINESE WHO HAVEN'T GOT A DECIDED CANDIDATE, IT WILL HELP. I RECKON IT'S A GOOD IDEA. HE'S PROBABLY GOT A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE. I'D SAY. THE PAIR HAVE A FEW TRICKS TOO LIKE PULLING OUT THIS PHOTO OF TAME ITI WITH CHINESE COMMUNIST LEADER CHAIRMAN MAO FOR UNDECIDED VOTERS. I WAS THERE IN 1973 AS A YOUNG MAN WITH LONG HAIR, AND 40 YEARS LATER I'M STILL HERE. WIN OR LOSE, THE PAIR ARE ENJOYING BEING JUST TWO OLD MATES OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. THANKS FOR THIS, BRO. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SPENDING ALL WEEKEND AT WORK DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH FUN. BUT PITTING TEAMS OF I.T. SPECIALISTS, THEIR CUSTOMERS AND DESIGN STUDENTS AGAINST EACH OTHER IN A 48 HOUR-LONG COMPETITION IS CERTAINLY WORKING FOR ONE I.T. COMPANY. THE CHALLENGE ` TO COME UP WITH IDEAS FOR LIFE-CHANGING NEW TECHNOLOGY. MARY-JANE AGGETT REPORTS. ON THE OUTSIDE, IT LOOKS LIKE JUST ANOTHER LAZY SATURDAY IN DOWNTOWN AUCKLAND. BUT INSIDE, IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. EXACTLY, EXACTLY. YES. 11 TEAMS, WITH PEOPLE FROM AS FAR AFIELD AS KUALA LUMPAR, ARE WORKING TOGETHER. WE'RE AIMING TO SAVE LIVES. TEAM ROAD WARRIORS HAVE COME UP WITH A SAFETY DEVICE FOR ROAD WORKERS. AS AN ONCOMING CAR EXCEEDS THE SPEED LIMIT, THE SENSOR WILL DETECT THE SPEEDING CAR AND WILL SEND A SIGNAL TO SOMETHING ON THE WORKER. IT'S ACTUALLY NOTIFICATION FOR THE ROADWORKERS THEMSELVES SO THAT THEY CAN BE AWARE OF WHEN THERE'S A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IN IT'S SIXTH YEAR, THE COMPETITION BRINGS A WHOLE NEW MEANING TO LIVING AT WORK. THE TEAMS WILL BE HERE FOR 48 HOURS. SOME WORKED THROUGH THE NIGHT TO COME UP WITH THEIR IDEAS. REACHING UP TALL. OTHERS PREFERRING SOME THINKING TIME. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE NEXT FACEBOOK OR TWITTER OR AMAZON. IT COULD JUST BE SOME THINGS THAT CHANGE THINGS LOCALLY FOR A COMMUNITY. WHO ARE DESIGNING A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO DONATE FOOD AT SUPERMARKETS. THEY'LL JUST GET A TEXT MESSAGE THROUGH OUR APP AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GO INTO A SUPERMARKET AND PICK IT UP. EACH YEAR, WE'VE HAD TWO OR THREE THAT HAVE TURN INTO SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN APPLIED. MANY HERE ARE HOPING THEIR IDEAS LIVE ON. I'D LOVE FOR IT TO BECOME A REALITY. THE JUDGES WILL MAKE THEIR DECISION TOMORROW. MORE THAN 900 ATHLETES WILL BE HITTING THE SLOPES IN QUEENSTOWN OVER THE NEXT FORTNIGHT AS THEY COMPETE FOR A SPOT ON THE PODIUM AT THE WINTER GAMES. BUT AS JESS CARTWRIGHT FOUND OUT, JUST GETTING THE COURSES READY FOR COMPETITION EACH DAY IS A CHALLENGE IN ITSELF. AN OLYMPIC SIZED HALF-PIPE AND A FEATURE-PACKED SLOPESTYLE COURSE ALL READY AT CARDRONA AS THE WINTER GAMES KICKS OFF. BUT GETTING ALL THIS TERRAIN READY IS NO EASY FEAT. IT'S BEEN A GOOD SNOW YEAR BUT NOT A GREAT SNOW YEAR, SO IT'S TAKEN A LOT LONGER TO COLLECT THE AMOUNT OF SNOW NEEDED TO BUILD THIS COURSE. THESE GROOMERS HAVE BEEN BATTLING DIFFICULT SNOW CONDITIONS AND PUTTING IN 16-HOUR DAYS FOR THE LAST MONTH TO GET THESE COURSES READY FOR THE GAMES. THIS YEAR THE COURSES ARE BIGGER THAN EVER BEFORE. THERE'S EVEN A CAR IN THE SLOPESTYLE PARK. THE TOP SECTION, WE TRIED TO GET REALLY CREATIVE, SO WE PUSHED IN A TON OF EXTRA SNOW AND MADE SOME REALLY NEAT OPTIONS WHERE YOU CAN GO OVER AND UNDER IN A FEW DIFFERENT PLACES. AND THIS CREATIVITY IS SOMETHING OUR ATHLETES CELEBRATE. EVERY YEAR THE WINTER GAMES GROWS AND EVERY YEAR IT PUTS ON A SHOW FOR EVERYONE THAT'S REALLY SPECIAL. FOR THE MOUNTAIN CREW, SEEING THE WORLD'S BEST SHREDDING ON THE TERRAIN THEY'VE BUILT, IS THE BEST PART. THIS IS THE REALLY EXCITING PART. AND SEEING WHAT THEY CAN DO ON IT IS REALLY FUN, REALLY REWARDING AND MAKES IT ALL WORTH IT. AND AS THE ATHLETES HEAD TO BED, IT'S TIME TO GROOM ONCE AGAIN. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT LIVE FROM DUNEDIN. THE FANS IN HERE TONIGHT WILL HELP PAY TRIBUTE TO THE LATE SIR COLIN MEADS AS SUPPORTERS FROM ALL PARTS FLOCKED TO A VERY SPECIAL PART OF DUNEDIN TODAY. PLUS OUR WOMEN'S KAYAKERS ARE HEADING FOR A SHOWDOWN WITH THE OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS. AND THE RELENTLESS HYPE AND HOOPLA IS ALMOST OVER. MAYWEATHER AND MCGREGOR WEIGH IN FOR TOMORROW'S BIG FIGHT IN VEGAS. WELCOME BACK TO FORSYTH-BARR IN DUNEDIN, WHERE, STARTING IN 45 MINUTES, THE ALL BLACKS WILL LOOK TO RETAIN THE FAMOUS BLEDISLOE CUP FOR A RECORD 15TH YEAR IN A ROW. BEFORE THE MATCH STARTS, FANS INSIDE THE STADIUM WILL HELP PAY TRIBUTE TO THE LATE, GREAT SIR COLIN MEADS, WITH A MOMENT'S SILENCE AND A SPECIAL TRIBUTE. JUST AS POPULAR AS THE TEST MATCH TONIGHT, DUNEDIN'S OTHER BIG ATTRACTION TODAY THE SIR COLIN MEADS COLLECTION AT THE NATIONAL SPORTS HALL OF FAME ` STIRRING EMOTIONS FOR ALL SUPPORTERS. WATCHED HIM, YEAH. YEAH. IT IS. HE COULD PLAY FOOTY, BUT HE WAS REALLY GOOD MAN. IT'S ACTUALLY BRILLIANT, BECAUSE I MET HIM IN SOUTH WITH FRIK DU PREEZ. WE WERE TOGETHER. THE MOST EYE-CATCHING PIECE OF MEMORABILIA A GUARD SIR COLIN USED AFTER HAVING HIS ARM BROKEN AGAINST A SOUTH AFRICAN PROVINCIAL TEAM IN 1970 ` COLLECTED AT HIS TE KUITI FARM NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO. I WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE WITH THIS BOX FULL OF STUFF, AND HE SAID, 'OH, HANG ON,' HE SAYS. 'I'VE GOT SOMETHING ELSE THAT MIGHT INTEREST YOU.' AND HE WENT AWAY INTO THE BEDROOM, AND HE CAME BACK OUT, AND HE JUST TOSSED THE ARM GUARD ON TO THE TABLE. AND HE SAYS, 'HERE, YOU MAY AS WELL HAVE THAT. I'VE GOT NOT USE FOR IT.' (LAUGHS) FROM FAMILY AND TOUR PHOTOS TO PROGRAMMES AND OLD TOUR BLAZERS, THE HALL OF FAME BASED IN THE DUNEDIN RAILWAY STATION ALSO HAS A COLLECTION OF VERY RARE JERSEYS. SIR COLIN OFTEN DROPPED IN... I REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS STANDING THERE POSING FOR THIS THAT HE LOOKED AT THE PRESIDENT'S 15 JERSEY, AND HE SAYS, 'OH, YOU GOT THAT. I WONDERED WHO I GAVE THAT TO.' (CHUCKLES) THE ALL BLACKS WILL WEAR SIR COLIN MEAD'S TEST NUMBER ` 583 ` ON THEIR JERSEYS TONIGHT. AND MIGHT NEED TO REKINDLE THE PAST IF THE EXPECTED WALLABIES NIGGLE OCCURS. I THINK THE BEST WAY TO LOOK AT IT IS, 'JEEZ, IF THEY'RE RUNNING AROUND TRYING TO DO THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, 'IT MEANS THEY'RE OFF TASK.' AS LONG AS YOU CAN DEAL WITH IT AND IT DOESN'T DETRACT FROM YOU DOING YOUR JOB, THEN I THINK YOU LET THEM KNOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA PUT UP WITH THAT RUBBISH. FROM THE NEW BOYS IN THE SIDE ` FULLBACK SOUTHLANDER DAMIEN MCKENZIE PLAYING HIS FIRST SO-CALLED HOME TEST ` TO THE VETERANS AND THE FANS. THE ALL BLACKS WILL HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO PLAY FOR AS WELL TONIGHT. YES. SIR COLIN MEADS' MEMORY WILL TAKE PRIDE OF PLACE FOR ALL THIS EVENING. IN LESS THAN 12 HOURS, WOMEN'S RUGBY'S MOST FIERCE RIVALRY WILL HAVE ANOTHER CHAPTER WRITTEN WHEN THE BLACK FERNS FACE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS ENGLAND IN THE WORLD CUP FINAL IN BELFAST. GUY HEVELDT HAS MORE, AS THE FERNS HUNT A FIFTH WORLD CUP CROWN. ALL SMILES IN THE BLACK FERNS, HOURS BEFORE TRYING TO ADD TO THEIR OWN HISTORY. BUT MENTION THEIR OPPOSITION FOR THE FINAL AND THINGS GET SERIOUS. WE RESPECT THEM AS RUGBY PLAYERS. I GUESS SAME GOES FOR ANY TEAM ONCE WE CROSS THAT CHALK ` THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING WE WANT, AND WE'RE GONNA GO AND TAKE IT FROM THEM. IT'S UNDERSTOOD THERE'S A REAL DISLIKE BETWEEN THE SIDES, BUILT UP OVER THE PAST DECADE AS ENGLAND'S STRENGTHENED ITS WOMEN'S GAME. SINCE NEW ZEALAND'S WIN OVER ENGLAND IN THE 2010 WORLD CUP FINAL, THE TEAMS HAVE MET 12 TIMES, ENGLAND WINNING SIX OF THEM, THE BLACK FERNS FIVE AND ONE DRAW. WE'RE IN A LOT BETTER SHAPE RIGHT NOW. I KNOW WE'VE RECOVERED WELL, AND I KNOW THE EXCITEMENT LEVELS ARE HIGH. THE MOST RECENT MEETING A TIGHT WIN TO ENGLAND IN ROTORUA IN JUNE, THE VISITING FORWARDS PUSHING THEIR TEAM TO A COME-FROM-BEHIND VICTORY. THAT RESULT A LESSON FOR THE KIWIS. YEAH, WE HAVE LOOKED AT THAT, AND WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD ON TRYING TO FIX EVERYTHING THAT DIDN'T GO OUR WAY. BUT NEW ZEALAND'S FOUND SOME BLOCKBUSTING TRY-SCORING FORM, PORTIA WOODMAN LEADING THE WAY WITH A 13-TRY EFFORT THIS THE TOURNAMENT. THAT IS MAGNIFICENT! THE OTHER 14 PLAYERS ON THE PARK ESSENTIAL FOR ENSURING WOODMAN CAN DELIVER AGAIN. SHE ALSO REALISES THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE NEED TO DO WORK PRIOR TO HER GETTING HER OPPORTUNITIES, AND WE KNOW THAT IF WE CAN GET HER THE BALL WHEN THERE IS SPACE, SHE'S DEVASTATING. HISTORY BECKONING FOR NEW ZEALAND WITH KICKOFF AT 6.45 TOMORROW MORNING. A HUGE WIN FOR WELLINGTON THIS AFTERNOON IN THE PROVINCIAL DERBY BATTLE WITH TARANAKI. AGE-GRADE STAR ASAFO AUMUA GOT THE SECOND-TIER LIONS OFF TO A FLIER IN THE CAPITAL. THE BARNSTORMING YOUNG HOOKER BAGGING A DOUBLE IN THE CROSSOVER MATCH. AND FORMER ALL BLACK TEAMMATES, TURNED RIVALS, DISCARDED WELLINGTON WINGER JULIAN SAVEA AND TARANAKI RESERVE BACK WAISAKE NAHOLO ALSO GRABBED TRIES IN THE HIGH-SCORING GAME WHICH THE LIONS WON 42-26 TO REMAIN THE ONLY UNBEATEN SIDE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. AND CRUSADERS BACKS JACK GOODHUE AND JONE MACILAI COMBINED AS NORTHLAND TOOK IT TO AUCKLAND IN THE LATE GAME, THE FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW THE SIDES HAVE PLAYED AT WET EDEN PARK. RESERVE WINGER MACILAI FEATURING TWICE AS THE TANIWHA TRIED TO GIVE THE HOSTS THE RUNAROUND. AUCKLAND WAS KEPT SCORELESS IN THE SECOND HALF, JUST SNUCK HOME 10-8. A HAT-TRICK FROM KIWIS WINGER JORDAN RAPANA HAS BOOSTED THE CANBERRA RAIDERS' SLIM HOPES OF MAKING THE NRL LEAGUE FINALS. A COMMANDING PERFORMANCE SAW THEM TAKE DOWN LAST YEAR'S WOODEN-SPOONERS ` THE NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS 46-28. RAPANA REDISCOVERING HIS FORM TO BRING UP HIS 20TH TRY THIS SEASON. ON TO RAPANA! JORDAN GETS THREE! THE RAIDERS NOW RELYING ON TEAMS ABOVE THEM TO LOSE AND A WIN IN NEXT WEEK'S FINAL ROUND TO JUMP INTO THE TOP EIGHT. MEANWHILE, THE COWBOYS ARE BOOKING THEIR FINALS TICKET, STEALING A COMEBACK WIN OVER THE WESTS TIGERS. MORGAN HAS KICKED IT STRAIGHT BETWEEN THE POSTS. AND THAT'S A TRY TO KYLE FELDT! THE 22-14 VICTORY ENDS THE COWBOYS' LOSING STREAK AND KEEPS THEM INSIDE THE TOP-EIGHT FRAME. DESPITE SPECULATION HE WAS TOO BIG, UFC STAR CONOR MCGREGOR HAS MADE WEIGHT AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S MEGA-MONEY BOUT AGAINST UNDEFEATED BOXER FLOYD MAYWEATHER. THE TWO FIGHTERS HAD ONE LAST CHANCE TO GO FACE TO FACE IN LAS VEGAS. ON THE SCALES AND THERE WASN'T REALLY A LOT IN IT. 153. 149 AND A HALF. ALTHOUGH THAT'S EXPECTED TO CHANGE DRAMATICALLY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WHAT WILL YOU COME INTO THE RING WEIGHING? DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA? A LOT BIGGER. A LOT BIGGER THAN HIM. 170? I'D SAY CLOSE TO 170. YES. IF CONOR MCGREGOR'S PREDICTION OF MOVING UP TO 170 POUNDS BY TOMORROW NIGHT IS CORRECT, THAT MEANS HE'LL FIGHT AT ROUGHLY 10KG HEAVIER THAN FLOYD MONEY MAYWEATHER. WEIGHT DOESN'T WIN FIGHTS. FIGHTING WINS FIGHTS. THAT EXTRA WEIGHT SHOULD TRANSLATE TO POWER, THAT'S IF MCGREGOR CAN GET ANYWHERE NEAR THE MAN WHO'S NEVER LOST A SINGLE PROFESSIONAL BOUT; MANY BY DANCING AROUND THE RING. IT WON'T GO THE DISTANCE, MARK MY WORD, CONOR. HE LOOKS LIKE (BLEEP). YOU KNOW THAT. HE LOOKS BLOWN OUT. FULL OF WATER. IN WHAT CONTINUES TO BE MORE OF A CIRCUS THAN AN ACTUAL BOXING MATCH, 20,00 FIGHT FANS TURNED UP TO LAS VEGAS'S T-MOBILE ARENA THIS MORNING TO SIMPLY WATCH TWO MEN STAND ON A SCALE AND SPEAK FOR ABOUT A MINUTE EACH. THE PECULIAR THING IS, WHILE TOMORROW NIGHT'S FIGHT IS EXPECTED TO BE WATCHED BY AROUND 50 MILLION AMERICANS ALONE, THE 20,000-SEAT STADIUM IS YET TO SELL OUT DESPITE TICKET PRICES BEING SLASHED. THE CHEAPEST NOW A MERE $1500. THE FANS CAN'T FIGHT FOR YOU. THE STAGE IS SET. WE JUST DON'T KNOW YET REALLY WHAT FOR. I SEE A MAN AFRAID! THAT'S IT. WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW. THE K4 500 KAYAKERS HAVE ISSUED A WARNING TO OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS HUNGARY POWERING STRAIGHT INTO THE FINALS AT THE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC. TWO-TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST LISA CARRINGTON AND CREWMATES KAYLA IMRIE, AIMEE FISHER AND CAITLIN RYAN STORMED TO VICTORY IN THEIR HEAT, POSTING THE DAY'S FASTEST TIME. THE NZ TEAM, THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY DOMINATING. THEY ARE THE WINNERS OF THE SECOND HEAT AND THEY WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE FINAL ROUND. HUNGARY AND POLAND ALSO SKIP THE SEMI-FINAL STAGE TO MEET THE KIWIS IN TOMORROW NIGHT'S FINAL. THE FINALS RUN DOESN'T END FOR CARRINGTON ` GEARING UP FOR THE K2 500 FINAL PAIRED WITH RYAN, HER K1 200 SEMI-FINAL, AND SHE'LL DEFEND HER TITLE IN THE K1 500 TONIGHT AS WELL. LYDIA KO HAS THE WEEKEND OFF AFTER MISSING HER THIRD GOLF CUT OF THE YEAR IN AN EVENT SHE USED TO DOMINATE. THE WORLD NUMBER FIVE HAS WON THE CANADIAN OPEN THREE TIMES, BUT A MISERABLE BACK NINE IN HER SECOND ROUND TODAY SAW HER CRASH TO A FOUR OVER PAR 75. KO MISSED THE CUT BY TWO STROKES AND IS LIKELY TO SLIP TO SIXTH IN THE WORLD RANKINGS. JOINING US NOW FROM ON THE SIDELINES IS INJURED ALL BLACKS LOCK LUKE ROMANO. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE LAST 30 IN SYDNEY. WE'RE GOING TO START AGAIN. THE WALLABIES WILL BE HURTING WE MUST START LIKE LAST WEEK. THE WALLABIES WILL BE MORE AGGRESSIVE. THANKS, ANDREW. RENEE'S HERE NEXT, AND SOME WILD WEATHER ON THE WAY. YES, HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS FROM THE NORTH. DETAILS FOR YOU NEXT. TOMORROW ON Q+A, NATIONAL AND LABOUR DEBATE HOUSING POLICY. CAN THE NEXT GOVERNMENT MAKE HOUSING AFFORDABLE AGAIN? AND WE REVEAL THE RESULTS OF OUR COLMAR-BRUNTON SNAP POLL ON WHANGAREI. CAN SHANE JONES WRESTLE THE SEAT OFF NATIONAL'S SHANE RETI? ALL THAT AND MUCH MORE TOMORROW MORNING AT 9 HERE ON 1. HELLO AGAIN. MOSTLY CLEAR OVER THE NORTH ISLAND UNDER A RIDGE EXTENDING FROM A HIGH NORTH-EAST OF THE CHATHAM ISLANDS. JUST SOME DULL SHOWER CLOUD LINGERING AROUND COROMANDEL AND ACROSS THE BAY OF PLENTY. YOU CAN SEE BRIGHT FRONTAL CLOUD MARKING A COMPLEX TROUGH WHICH LIES OVER THE TASMAN SEA, EXTENDING ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND. A BRIGHT BAND OF CLOUD MARKING ANOTHER FRONT LIES ACROSS THE SOUTH TASMAN SEA. BUT OUR HIGH IS IN NO HURRY TO MOVE ON, DRIFTING EVER SO SLIGHTLY EASTWARDS TOMORROW. MEANWHILE, THE TROUGH OVER THE TASMAN SEA BECOMES MORE ORGANISED TONIGHT WITH SEVERAL LOWS FORMING ALONG THE FRONT TOMORROW AND SLIDING SOUTHWARDS AS IT RUNS UP AGAINST THE HIGH BLOCKING THE EAST. HEAVY RAIN THEN SETTING INTO WESTERN AND NORTHERN AREAS LATER TOMORROW WITH THE ONSET OF THE FRONT, AND NORTH-EASTERLIES STRENGTHENING AS THE ISOBARS BECOME COMPRESSED OVER NZ BETWEEN THE TROUGH IN THE WEST AND THE THE HIGH OUT EAST. CLOUDY PERIODS WITH A FEW SHOWERS FOR THE UPPER HALF, TURNING TO RAIN IN THE NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. FINE ELSEWHERE WITH HIGH CLOUD INVADING FROM THE WEST. RAIN THEN SPREADING FURTHER SOUTH IN THE EVENING. STRENGTHENING NORTH-EASTERLIES, GALE OR SEVERE GALE IN EXPOSED NORTHERN PLACES. CLOUDY IN THE WEST WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS, BUT RAIN IN FIORDLAND EASING TO A FEW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. A FEW SHOWERS IN THE NORTH, BUT FINE FOR THE REST APART FROM HIGH CLOUD IN THE SOUTH. NORTH-EASTERLIES STRENGTHENING ALONG THE WEST COAST. 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