HELLO. A GOOD SWATHE OF HEAVY RAIN MOVED DOWN ACROSS THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY TODAY, ANYWHERE FROM 10MM TO 30MM AS IT WORKED ITS WAY SOUTH. ELSEWHERE, SOME CLOUD AND SOME SUNSHINE. GOING INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, LOTS OF DIFFERENT FRONTS, A COUPLE OF LOWS. THAT MEANS KEEP YOUR RAINCOAT HANDY. ALL THE DETAILS COMING UP. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. ROLLING OUT ULTRA-FAST BROADBAND TO MORE SMALL TOWNS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ANOTHER SWEETENER FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. AN EXPLOSIVE SITUATION. MILITARY MUSCLE'S FLEXED AS THE WORLD HITS BACK AT NORTH KOREA'S LATEST MISSILE LAUNCH. THEY'VE VIOLATED EVERY SINGLE UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION WE'VE EVER HAD, SO I THINK SOMETHING SERIOUS HAS TO HAPPEN. GET OUT NOW! THE FLOODING CRISIS CONTINUES IN TEXAS. TOUGH GOING FOR YOUNG AND OLD, THOUSANDS ARE RESCUED AND EVACUATED AS DONALD TRUMP VISITS. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. THIS RIVETING AND ROLLERCOASTER ELECTION BATTLE APPEARS TO BE SPARKING PLENTY OF INTEREST. THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION TODAY REVEALING THAT THREE WEEKS OUT FROM POLLING DAY, TOTAL ENROLMENTS ARE UP 27,000 ON ELECTION DAY IN 2014. ON THE CAMPAIGN TRIAL TODAY, PARTY LEADERS CONTINUED TO TRY TO WIN OVER VOTERS. NATIONAL ROLLED OUT YET ANOTHER PROMISE, THIS TIME MORE BROADBAND FOR SMALL TOWNS. THE 1 NEWS TEAM'S BEEN OUT AND ABOUT WITH POLITICAL PLAYERS AND JOIN US LIVE SHORTLY. WE BEGIN WITH ANDREA VANCE WHO'S BEEN WITH THE PRIME MINISTER. (MAN PERFORMS HAKA) BILL ENGLISH TOOK THE BATTLE FOR VOTES TO THE FACTORY FLOOR TODAY, TOURING A HAMILTON MACHINERY PLANT. I'M REALLY JUST ASSEMBLING STUFF. THEN ANNOUNCING A ROLLOUT OF MORE HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND FIRMLY AIMED AT SHORING UP RURAL SUPPORT. WE'LL COMPLETE THE ULTRA-FAST AND RURAL BROADBAND PROJECT BY 2022, INSTEAD OF 2024. A 190 NEW TOWNS WILL GET FAST BROADBAND, TAKING IT TO ANOTHER 60,000 PROPERTIES. A FURTHER 74,000 RURAL PROPERTIES WILL ALSO GET HIGH SPEED BROADBAND AND 1000KM OF COUNTRY ROADS WILL HAVE MOBILE COVERAGE. I LIKE MORE, BETTER, FASTER, SOONER. WE SHOULD BE MAKING THIS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. AND THERE IS ALSO SOMETHING FOR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS ` MOBILE COVERAGE IN 100 TOURIST HOTSPOTS. WHEN THEY GET INTO THESE PLACES, WHETHER IT'S MILFORD SOUND, WHETHER IT'S ABEL TASMAN, CAPE REINGA ` THEY WANT TO UPLOAD THEIR SELFIES. PLENTY OF SELFIES FOR BILL ENGLISH TODAY. AND THE GRIND OF THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN IS HAVING ONE POSITIVE EFFECT. I'VE LOST A LITTLE BIT OF WEIGHT. YES, I HAVE. BUT HE SAYS HE'S ENJOYING IT. OUR CAMPAIGN IS FOCUSED EVERYDAY ON GETTING PEOPLE TO MAKE THE CHOICE BETWEEN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND THE OTHER LOT, BASICALLY. THE 'OTHER LOT', LABOUR, WERE CAMPAIGNING IN AUCKLAND TODAY WITH JACINDA ARDERN VISITING A SCHOOL. THERE'S NO DAYS OFF. THERE ARE NO DAYS OFF. WITH 25 DAYS TO GO, THERE'S NO CHANCE FOR A SIT DOWN FOR EITHER LEADER. AND ANDREA JOINS US NOW FORM HAMILTON. WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS FROM THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION? It has been a blockbuster of an election campaign, and is generated plenty of public interest There are 27,000 more people enrolled to vote than they were in 2014. Of course there has been a population increase, but the commission is telling us that they expect there to be of further big jump ahead of polling day. You can register your vote right up to the 22nd. In the month of August, 17,0000 18 to 24-year-olds enrolled to vote. Going into tomorrow's TV NZ leaders debate, the stakes are very high. THANKS, ANDREA. AND AS THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN LOLLY SCRAMBLE CONTINUES, THE BIG QUESTION IS ` WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROM? THE BIG SPENDING PROMISES FROM THE MAJOR PARTY LEADERS ARE ADDING UP, SPARKING A WAR OF WORDS OVER HOW TO PAY FOR THEM. KATIE BRADFORD JOINS US NOW FROM A FINANCE LEADERS DEBATE IN QUEENSTOWN. Soon, this hall will be filling up with about 400 people expected here in Queenstown for the first major finance leaders debate of this campaign. Stephen Joyce, Grant Robertson, is Winston Peters, James Shaw were all better off out here tonight. There was national and labour at loggerheads tonight overspending promises. THE PROMISES ARE COMING THICK AND FAST FROM BOTH SIDES OF POLITICS. TODAY I'M ANNOUNCING... AND NOW THE PARTIES ARE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT EACH OTHER'S SPENDING PLANS. NATIONAL ACCUSING LABOUR OF NOT PROPERLY COSTING ITS 26 WEEKS PAID PARENTAL LEAVE PACKAGE. ALL OUR UNDERTAKINGS ARE FUNDED, WHICH IS A BIT DIFFERENT TO THE LABOUR PARTY. I SEE, FOR INSTANCE, THAT THEY ANNOUNCED THEIR FISCAL PLAN YESTERDAY, AND THEN AFTERWARDS SAID THEY WERE COMMITTED TO EXTENDING PAID PARENTAL LEAVE, BUT THEY DON'T APPEAR TO HAVE ALLOWED FOR WHAT IS A REASONABLY EXPENSIVE POLICY BUT LABOUR SAYS THAT FUNDING HAS ALWAYS BEEN FACTORED IN. WE HAVE FULLY COSTED ALL OF OUR PLANS. ALL OF OUR COMMITMENTS ARE SET OUT IN OUR FISCAL PLAN, AS WELL AS OUR EXPECTATIONS AROUND HOW WE WILL OPERATE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. NATIONAL ACTUALLY VETOED A LABOUR PARTY MEMBER'S BILL PROPOSING AN INCREASE TO PAID PARENTAL LEAVE BUT NOW SAY IT'S AFFORDABLE. SADLY THE ONLY CONDITION THAT SEEMS TO HAVE CHANGED IS THAT WE HAVE AN ELECTION ON NOW. AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING IN THE CAMPAIGN IS PARTLY JUST THE ONGOING WORKLOAD THAT THIS GOVERNMENT GETS THROUGH. AMONG THE OTHER PROMISES IN THE PAST FORTNIGHT ` NATIONAL'S ANNOUNCED AN ADDITIONAL $10B WORTH OF NEW ROADS AND CHEAPER DOCTOR'S VISITS. LABOUR'S PROMISED FREE TERTIARY EDUCATION AND A NEW HOSPITAL FOR DUNEDIN, BUT SAYS IT'S NATIONAL WHO ISN'T BEING UPFRONT WITH THE NUMBERS. INSTEAD, THE GOVERNMENT HASN'T RELEASED ANY OF ITS COSTINGS. THERE'RE STILL VERY VAGUE PROMISES AROUND, FOR INSTANCE, ITS $10B ON ROADS. IT'D BE VERY HELPFUL FOR VOTERS, I'M SURE, IF THEY DID THE SAME AS WHAT LABOUR HAS DONE. LOOK, OUR POLICIES ARE LAYING OUT QUITE LONG-TERM PLANS. I MEAN THE ROADING PROGRAMS ARE 10 YEARS LONG. THEY'RE BEING UTTERLY IRRESPONSIBLE. THE MAN WHO MAY CHOOSE WHICH LEADER WILL BE THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER IS VOWING TO HOLD THEM BOTH TO ACCOUNT. THEY'RE MAKING, BUT THEY'RE SO DESPERATE TO KEEP POWER OR TO GET POWER, THEY WILL SAY OR DO ANYTHING. THAT'S AS CLEAR AS DAYLIGHT. BUT WITH MORE THAN THREE WEEKS TO GO, THERE'S A LONG LINES OF POLICIES AND SPENDING LIKELY STILL TO COME. SO, KATIE, CAN WE EXPECT A FIERY DEBATE TONIGHT? Yes. I would certainly think so. Winston Peters was a last-minute addition to debate tonight. I think you can resist the opportunity to the bait with Stephen Joyce, particularly after the eventsof this week. It's really a chance for those finance folks people to get onstage and talk about those big issues, housing, tourism, infrastructure, water. THANKS, KATIE. KATIE BRADFORD IN QUEENSTOWN. AND WILL IT BE ANOTHER EXPLOSIVE RESULT? THE LATEST 1 NEWS COLMAR BRUNTON POLL IS OUT TOMORROW. THE 1 NEWS POLITICAL TEAM WILL BRING YOU THE NUMBERS, JUST WEEKS OUT FROM THE ELECTION. WHO'S UP, WHO'S DOWN? THE RESULTS, REACTION AND ANALYSIS, RIGHT HERE EXCLUSIVELY ON THE NEWSHOUR AT SIX. AND DON'T FORGET IF YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR SAY AND FIND OUT WHERE YOU STAND ON ELECTION POLICIES, THE ONE NEWS ONLINE TOOL VOTE COMPASS IS LIVE ON TVNZ.CO.NZ/VOTECOMPASS FROM THERE YOU CAN FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY FOLLOWING THE SIMPLE STEPS. A PETITION ASKING FOR MIKE HOSKING TO BE REMOVED AS MODERATOR OF TVNZ'S ELECTION DEBATES HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO THE BROADCASTER. MOVE THAN 76,000 PEOPLE SIGNED THE PETITION, SAYING THAT THE SEVEN SHARP PRESENTER IS SOCIALLY IRRESPONSIBLE AS A POLITICAL COMMENTATOR. I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK IT'S JUST ABOUT HOW HE PRESENTS ON THE NIGHT OF THE ELECTION DEBATE. IT'S THE FACT THAT PEOPLE KNOW HIS POLITICAL VIEWS GOING INTO THE DEBATE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO LISTEN TO VOICES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE TURNING INTO THOSE DEBATES, AND WE HAVE TO WEIGH THAT UP. TVNZ'S HEAD OF NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS SAYS MIKE HOSKING WON'T BE TAKEN OFF THE DEBATES, SAYING HE DID A FAIR AND BALANCED JOB OF MODERATING THEM IN 2014. 'ALL OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE,' ` THAT'S WHAT DONALD TRUMP'S FIRED BACK AT NORTH KOREA AFTER ITS LATEST MISSILE LAUNCH. BUT LEADER KIM JONG-UN REMAINS DEFIANT, THREATENING EVEN MORE ROCKET LAUNCHES INTO THE PACIFIC. HIS LATEST ACTION'S SPARKED WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION ACROSS THE GLOBE. NICOLE BREMNER HAS THE LATEST. A HASTILY CONVENED MEETING OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL MOVED AT PACE, DESPATCHING A RAPID BARRAGE OF CONDEMNATION STRAIGHT AT THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA, OR DPRK. TRANSLATOR: THE SECURITY COUNCIL FURTHER CONDEMNS THE DPRK FOR ITS OUTRAGEOUS ACTIONS, AND DEMANDS THAT THE DPRK IMMEDIATELY CEASES ALL SUCH ACTIONS. IT IS TIME FOR THE NORTH KOREAN REGIME TO RECOGNISE THE DANGER THEY ARE PUTTING ITSELF THEMSELVES IN. THE UNITED STATES WILL NOT ALLOW THEIR LAWLESSNESS TO CONTINUE, AND THE REST OF THE WORLD IS WITH US. THIS SENDS A STRONG AND CLEAR MESSAGE TO NORTH KOREA THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WILL NOT ACCEPT ITS RECKLESS BEHAVIOUR. BUT IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER THE MESSAGE IS BEING HEARD BY THE NATION WHICH, JUST TWO DAYS AGO, FIRED A BALLISTIC MISSILE CAPABLE OF CARRYING A NUCLEAR WARHEAD ON A PATH STRETCHING ACROSS HEAVILY POPULATED JAPAN. THESE ARE ILLEGAL TESTS WE STRONGLY CONDEMN THEM AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH JAPAN AND OTHER INTERANTIONAL PARTNERS TO ENSURE PRESSURE IS PUT ON NORTH KOREA TO STOP THIS ILLEGAL ACTIONS. I HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH PRIME MINISTER MALCOLM TURNBULL ABOUT THE ESCALATION AND THE TENSION AND WE BOTH HAVE A COMMON CONCERN. BUT NORTH KOREA'S STATE MEDIA'S SHOWING AN UPBEAT KIM JONG-UN AMID REPORTS HE'S CALLING FOR AN ESCALATION OF THE MISSILE TEST PROGRAMME. THIS IS NOW ONE OF THE HIGHER LEVELS OF TENSION AROUND SECURITY IN THE ASIA PACIFIC THAT THERE'S BEEN FOR SOME TIME. TALKS OF RESOLUTION IS LEANING TOWARDS DIPLOMACY. US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S HARD LINE OF 48 HOURS AGO, NOTICEABLY MORE MEASURED ON TODAY'S VISIT TO FLOOD STRICKEN HOUSTON. THERE'S CONCERN JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES BETWEEN SOUTH KOREA AND THE US, WITHIN RANGE OF THE NORTHERN BORDER, ARE FUELLING THE BRINKSMANSHIP. CONDEMN IS NOW IN NEED OF A SPEEDY AND PEACEFUL RESOLUTION IN THE NAME OF REGIONAL SECURITY. NICOLE BREMNER, 1 NEWS. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S VISITED TEXAS AS THE U.S STATE STRUGGLES TO COPE WITH THE GROWING DEVASTATION WREAKED BY HURRICANE HARVEY. AT LEAST 15 PEOPLE HAVE DIED SO FAR, BUT RESCUERS ARE YET TO REACH EVERY AREA ISOLATED BY FLOODWATERS. MORE THAN 30,000 PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS AND THAT NUMBER'S GROWING. ALL 12,000 RESERVE TROOPS IN TEXAS ARE NOW DEPLOYED. AND LOOK AT THIS... SOME FORCED TO SLEEP IN A FURNITURE STORE, BECAUSE OF A LACK OF ACCOMMODATION. THE DANGER CONTINUES ` MORE RAIN'S ON THE WAY. FOR A BIT OF CONTEXT, LOOK AT THIS. 1.29M OR OVER 50" OF RAIN'S PELTED PARTS OF HOUSTON. ABOUT UP TO HERE ON ME. THE HEAVIEST EVER RECORDED THERE. THE SAME AMOUNT WHICH USUALLY FALLS IN A WHOLE YEAR. OUR U.S CORRESPONDENT REBECCA WRIGHT IS TRAPPED BY FLOODWATERS IN HOUSTON, UNABLE TO LEAVE THE CITY AREA, AND JOINS US LIVE FROM THERE. It's a very strange feeling not knowing how or when you will get home, and there are tens of thousands of Texans across the city who are wondering exactly that again tonight. FOUR DAYS IN AND THERE IS STILL RESCUE, AFTER RESCUE, AFTER EVACUATION. IT'S ALL WAY UP TO THE ROOVES, GUYS, UP TO THE EVES! MANY PLAYING OUT ON LIVE TELEVISION. THERE THEY ARE! THERE THEY ARE! WE'RE COMIN' TO GETCHA! SHELTERS ARE RUNNING OUT OF BEDS, BUT THOSE MADE HOMELESS BY HARVEY CONTINUE STREAMING IN. We are accommodating everyone. THE CONVENTION CENTRE WAS EQUIPPED TO HOST 5000 PEOPLE. IT'S NOW SHELTERING NEARLY 9000. CITY RESERVOIRS ARE NOW BREACHING AND ADDING TO THE CATASTROPHIC FLOODING. WHILE SOME PARTS OF HOUSTON WERE STILL DISAPPEARING UNDER WATER, IN OTHERS IT HAD SUBSIDED ENOUGH TO ALLOW ROADS TO REOPEN. AND SO PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT IS A VERY MILD BREAK IN THIS WEATHER TO GET IN THEIR CARS, REUNITE WITH THEIR FAMILIES, CHECK ON THEIR HOMES, OR LEAVE HOUSTON ALL TOGETHER. BUT QUESTIONS CONTINUED TO SWIRL ABOUT WHY THE MAYOR DID NOT ISSUE AN EVACUATION ORDER BEFORE THE STORM HIT. YOU CANNOT PUT 6.5 MILLION PEOPLE ON THE ROAD TWO DAYS BEFORE A STORM THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS GOING. IT IS ABSURD, OK. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS FINALLY TOUCHED DOWN ON TEXAN SOIL TO GIVE HIS SUPPORT. WHAT A CROWD, WHAT A TURNOUT! AT PAINS TO SHOW HE HAS A BETTER HANDLE ON HURRICANE HARVEY THAN HIS COUNTERPART DID DURING HURRICANE KATRINA 12 YEARS AGO. WE WANNA DO IT BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE. WE WANNA BE LOOKED AT IN FIVE YEARS, AND TEN YEARS FROM NOW AS THIS IS THE WAY TO DO IT. BUT THESE ARE EARLY DAYS. IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO YET MEASURE THE SCALE OF THIS DISASTER, LET ALONE IT'S GROWING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPACT. THE DEATH TOLL, TOO, IS RISING. ONE OF THE DROWNED, A POLICE OFFICER WHO'D GONE IN TO HELP. WE COULDN'T FIND HIM. AND BY THE TIME OUR DIVE CREW GOT THERE, IT WAS TOO TREACHEROUS TO GO UNDER AND LOOK FOR HIM. THIS IS A DISASTER THAT'S RELYING ON NEIGHBOUR HELPING NEIGHBOUR, STRANGER SAVING STRANGER. I feel that it's the right thing to do. I feel that these people would do the same thing for me. AND THE STORM'S NOT OVER YET. DROPPING MORE RAIN AND CAUSING MORE DAMAGE IN THE DAYS AHEAD. A nightly curfew has now been imposed here in the city in a bid to stop robberies and looting. They said that they have arrested 14 people already, but I'm not getting a sense that there is any growing social unrest. Frustration, yes, but authorities have learned hard lessons from Katrina and I getting people necessities. It is calmer here this evening for some the sun came out earlier, and there was a welcome respite from the wind and rain of the last five days, but we know that storm is not over THANKS. REBECCA WRIGHT IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. THE HAWKE'S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL'S FINALLY PULLED ANY FUTURE SUPPORT FOR THE CONTROVERSIAL RUATANIWHA DAM PROJECT. THE PLAN TO DAM THE MAKARORO RIVER FOR A WATER STORAGE SCHEME FOR IRRIGATION'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR FIVE YEARS. BUT AT A MEETING TODAY, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO WRITE OFF $14M ALREADY INVESTED IN THE SCHEME AND FREE UP OVER $60M RING-FENCED FOR THE PROJECT. THE COUNCIL SAYS THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION LAST MONTH TO DENY A LAND SWAP DEAL FOR CONSERVATION LAND WAS THE FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN. IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING TO PEOPLE SUCH AS MYSELF. WE DESERVE THIS, AND WE'VE SPENT SO MUCH CAPITAL TO NO AVAIL. AND WHEN IT HAD SO MANY FLAWS. FEDERATED FARMERS SAYS THE DECISION IS QUOTE 'A GUTBUSTER', BUT INEVITABLE, AND RAISES QUESTIONS AROUND THE REGION'S FUTURE WATER STORAGE CAPABILITY. UP AHEAD, THE FIRST TV ADS FROM THE NO CAMPAIGN. AUSTRALIAN OPPONENTS OF SAME SEX MARRIAGE WHEEL OUT WORRIED MUMS TO WARN THAT PRIMARY SCHOOL KIDS COULD BE ROLE PLAYING SAME SEX RELATIONSHIPS. AFTER TWO DECADES IN SPACE, TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR CASSINI. BUT ASTRONOMERS ARE STILL HOPEFUL THE CRAFT CAN UNRAVEL ONE MORE OF SATURN'S SECRETS. AND LOOK WHAT THEY MADE HER DO. TAYLOR SWIFT'S NEW SINGLE IS PACKED WITH REFERENCES FOR THOSE IN THE KNOW, AND BREAKING RECORDS HAND OVER FIST. TWO YEARS AFTER THE KILLING OF PRE-SCHOOLER MOKO RANGITOHERIRI, A ROTORUA INQUEST'S TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THE TRAGEDY COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. THE CORONER'S ALREADY COMPARED THE THREE YEAR OLD'S DEATH TO ONE OF COUNTRY'S WORST CHILD ABUSE CASES. YVONNE TAHANA REPORTS. MOKO RANGITOHERIRI DIED AFTER A CAMPAIGN OF VIOLENCE AGAINST HIM. OF DETAILS OF HIS FATAL INJURIES MAIN CAUSE WAS STOMPING ON HIS ABDOMEN AND STOMACH WITH CONSIDERABLE FORCE. PARALLELS MADE TO NIA GLASSIE'S SHORT LIFE. SHE WAS MURDERED IN 2007. WE THOUGHT THEN NOTHING COULD GET AS BAD. IT APPEARS NIA GLASSIE AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HER IS KINDERGARTEN COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAVE READ OUT. LAST YEAR MOKO'S KILLERS TANIA SHAILER AND DAVID HAEREWA WERE SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS FOR MANSLAUGHTER. THE PAIR WERE TAKING CARE OF MOKO IN TAUPO WHILE HIS MOTHER NICOLA DALLY-PAKI WAS IN STARSHIP HOSPITAL WITH ANOTHER ILL CHILD. TANIA AGREED TO LOOK AFTER HER IF I SENT HER MONEY EACH WEEK. POLICE OUTLINING HOW SHAILER'S TEXTS REVEAL A WOMAN NOT COPING DURING THE TWO MONTHS MOKO WAS IN HER CARE. THE OLD CYF, WOMEN'S REFUGE, FAMILY START, ADHB AND SHINE WERE ALL INVOLVED WITH MOKO AND HIS MOTHER WHILE HE WAS ALIVE. THE CORONER SAYS THIS INQUEST IS ABOUT FINDING OUT WHETHER ANY CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE THREE-YEAR-OLD DIED IN 2015. NICOLA DALLY-PAKI SAYS A SOCIAL WORKERS IN TAUPO DID NOT CONTACT DESPITE REPORTS FROM A CHILD WITNESS THAT TANIA SHAILER HAD HIT MOKO. I now understand that due to the organisations wanting to protect themselves, they have to backtrack from the comments. THE COURT HEARD THAT NO OFFICIAL REPORT ABOUT ANY ABUSE SUFFERED BY MOKO WAS EVER COMPLETED. THE INQUEST CONTINUES TOMORROW. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. AUCKLAND COUNCIL'S INVESTIGATING AFTER POD-STYLE SLEEPING ROOMS WERE ADVERTISED FOR RENT IN THE CENTRAL CITY. RAY WHITE ADVERTISED THE PODS FOR EIGHT PEOPLE IN ONE ROOM. THE TRADEME BEFORE THE LISTING WAS TAKEN DOWN TWO HOURS LATER. THE COMPANY HAS NOT RESPONDED TO REQUESTS FOR COMMENT, BUT ONE HOUSING EXPERT SAYS THE LISTING'S A SYMPTOM OF AUCKLAND'S HOUSING CRISIS AND ARGUABLY 'PROFITEERING'. I DO NOT SEE HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS LIVEABLE. IT IS NOT LIVEABLE. ALL IT IS IS AN EXISTENCE, AND THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN EXISTENCE AND BEING ABLE TO LIVE WELL. RAY WHITE HAS NOT RESPONDED TO REQUESTS FOR COMMENT. AN ELECTRICAL FAULT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE SPARKED A BLAZE WHICH GUTTED A CHRISTCHURCH AUTO SHOP THIS MORNING. FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO THE PHILLIPSTOWN SHOP BEFORE MIDDAY, WORKERS SAYING A SHORTING POWER BOARD HAD STARTED THE FIRE. THEY WERE ALL ABLE TO ESCAPE THE BUILDING WITHOUT INJURY. THERE'S OUTRAGE IN AUSTRALIA AS CAMPAIGNING OVER SAME-SEX MARRIAGE GOES UP A GEAR. THE FIRST TV AD FOR THE 'NO' CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN AIRED AHEAD OF NEXT MONTH'S CONTROVERSIAL POSTAL SURVEY AS MISLEADING AND HURTFUL. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT KIMBERLEE DOWNS HAS BEEN GAUGING REACTION. AN AD BEING BROADCAST TO MILLIONS OF AUSTRALIANS NATIONWIDE IN PRIMETIME. KIDS IN YEAR 7 ARE BEING ASKED TO ROLE-PLAY A SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIP. THE MESSAGE FROM THREE CONCERNED MUMS: SAME SEX MARRIAGE COULD IMPACT WHAT CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT AT SCHOOL. SO VOTE NO. IT IS PATENTLY RIDICULOUS TO SUGGEST THAT ALLOWING SAME-SEX COUPLES TO MARRY IS SOMEHOW GOING TO SEE SOME NEW SWATHE OF TEACHING REFORMS SWEEP ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT'S JUST TWO WEEKS BEFORE BALLOTS ARE DUE TO BE SENT OUT FOR THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT'S CONTROVERSIAL NON-BINDING POSTAL SURVEY. I THOUGHT IT WAS OFFENSIVE. IT WAS RUBBISH. IT WAS AWFUL. IT WAS UNCALLED FOR AND UNNECESSARY. FILLED WITH HATE. BASICALLY SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED ON TV. BUT THE GROUP BEHIND THE AD AND MUCH OF THE 'NO' CAMPAIGN ARE STANDING FIRM. THIS IS THE RADICAL GENDER-BENDING IDEOLOGY THAT IS BEING SNUCK INTO OUR SCHOOLS ALREADY AND WILL BECOME LAW AND COMPULSORY UNDER ANY REGIME OF GAY MARRIAGE. 'YES' CAMPAIGNERS HERE HAVE LABELLED THE AD 'DISGRACEFUL AND DISHONEST', BUT LEGALLY, ADVERTISING AROUND THIS SURVEY ISN'T SUBJECT TO NORMAL ELECTORAL RULES, WHICH PREVENT MISLEADING INFORMATION BEING DISTRIBUTED. THE GOVERNMENT RECENTLY ANNOUNCED IT WON'T STRENGTHEN THE DEBATE AROUND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN FIERCE. SCHOOL TOLD MY SON HE COULD WEAR A DRESS NEXT YEAR IF HE FELT LIKE IT. NOW IT'S MORE DIVISIVE AND FAR-REACHING THAN EVER. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, 1 NEWS, SYDNEY. TO INDIA WHERE HEAVY MONSOON RAINS IN MUMBAI BROUGHT THE FINANCIAL CAPITAL TO A HALT. AUTHORITIES STRUGGLING TO EVACUATE PEOPLE STRANDED IN THE CITY. FLOOD WATERS BLOCKED COMMUTERS AT KEY CITY INTERSECTIONS, THOUSANDS WADING WAIST-DEEP WATER AFTER RAINFALL OF MORE THAN 100MM. TRAIN STATIONS WERE JAMMED FULL AS STATE OFFICIALS ADVISED PEOPLE TO HEAD HOME AND STAY THERE. Some sun around today, but a soggy one up north. That will work its way through further south.. The active front moves it way south. For weather, see tvnz.co.nz mmore details after sports. JUST AHEAD ` A SMELLY AND DESTRUCTIVE THREAT OFFICIALS WARN OF A STINK BUG THAT'S HARD TO CONTAIN AND HARD TO LIVE WITH IF IT GETS INTO YOUR HOUSE. AND AFTER 13 YEARS RUNNING RINGS AROUND SATURN, CASSINI'S JUST DAYS AWAY FROM TURNING TO TOAST IN A FINAL FIERY PLANETARY PLUNGE. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` FRESH SIGNS TODAY THAT THE TUMULTUOUS RUN UP TO THE ELECTION IS SPARKING RENEWED VOTER INTEREST. THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION REVEALING THAT THREE WEEKS OUT, TOTAL ENROLMENTS ARE ALREADY UP 27,000 ON ELECTION DAY 2014. AND NORTH KOREA'S WARNED THAT THE LATEST MISSILE LAUNCH OVER JAPAN WAS A PRELUDE TO WHAT STATE MEDIA CALLED 'CONTAINING GUAM' ` AMERICA'S CLOSEST MILITARY STAGING POST. SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN ARE NOW CALLING FOR MAXIMUM PRESSURE ON PYONGYANG, TO FORCE KIM JONG-UN TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE. A WARNING TONIGHT ABOUT AN INVASIVE INSECT POSING A MAJOR THREAT THE BROWN STINK BUG HAS WREAKED HAVOC IN EUROPE, AND A BORDER BREACH HERE COULD BE CATASTROPHIC. AS SAM KELWAY REPORTS, THERE'S A CALL FOR EXTRA VIGILANCE THIS SPRING. JEFF RODERICK'S ORCHARD PRODUCES SOME OF THE COUNTRY'S BUT HIS CROP COULD BE AT RISK FROM THE BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG. WE KNOW HOW WE CAN DEAL WITH PSA GENERALLY AND THIS THING, TO ME, IS POTENTIALLY MUCH WORSE. THE ASIAN NATIVE HAS SPREAD TO 14 COUNTRIES ACROSS EUROPE AND THE US. THEY BREED FAST, DAMAGE CROPS AND ALSO INFEST HOMES... DAVE ARNOLD HAS THE STORY ON SOME PRETTY UGLY BUGS THAT MAY ALSO BE WE LITERALLY CAN'T EVEN GET IN THE FRONT DOOR OF OUR HOUSE WITHOUT HAVING A STINK BUG PROBLEM. ...BRINGING A TRADEMARK PUNGENT ODOUR WITH THEM. WHILE NOT ESTABLISHED HERE, 147 OF THE BUGS WERE INTERCEPTED LAST SEASON AND THE PEST POSES A RISK TO MANY DIFFERENT SPECIES. IT EATS ABOUT 300 DIFFERENT PLANT SPECIES, SO OUR NATIVE PLANTS AS WELL AS OUR PRODUCTIVE PLANTS. THE STINK BUG LATCHES ONTO FRUIT CAUSING IT TO ROT, AND IS IT TOUGH TO KILL. AGRI CHEMICALS, THEY'VE USED TEN TIMES THE RECOMMENDED RATE ARE STILL ONLY HAVING A KNOCK DOWN EFFECT. THE THINGS GET UP AND WALK AWAY AGAIN AFTER 10 HOURS. IF AN OUTBREAK WERE TO OCCUR HERE, HARVESTS WOULD BE HAMMERED AND GROWERS ALSO LEFT FACING BIG ERADICATION JOBS. SAY YOU CAN HELP BY FOLLOWING THREE SIMPLE STEPS ` IF YOU HAPPEN TO STUMBLE ACROSS THE BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG, CATCH IT, SNAP IT ON CAMERA, AND IT REPORT IT TO MPI. WE'RE TALKING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. SO STINK BUG HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A REALLY SIGNIFICANT HORTICULTURAL PEST. THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A SINGLE THING GROWN IN NEW ZEALAND FOR SALE THAT IT WOULD NOT AFFECT. MPI SAYS IT HAS STRINGENT MEASURES IN PLACE, INCLUDING A SNIFFER DOG, TO FIND A STINKY BUG THAT COULD LEAVE MORE THAN A BAD SMELL IN THE AIR. WHEN IT GETS HERE, IT'S NOT GOING TO PRETTY. SAM KELWAY, 1 NEWS. THE SPACECRAFT CASSINI'S 20-YEAR MISSION TO SATURN 1.2 BILLION KILOMETERS AWAY IS DRAWING TO A FIERY CLOSE. OUT OF FUEL, CASSINI WILL PLUNGE INTO THE PLANET'S ATMOSPHERE ON SEPTEMBER 15, BURNING UP IN LESS THAN TWO MINUTES. BUT AS BBC CORRESPONDENT REBECCA MORELLE REPORTS, IT WILL BE SENDING VALUABLE DATA RIGHT TO THE END. INSTANTLY RECOGNISABLE ` SATURN AND ITS SPECTACULAR RINGS. THE CASSINI SPACECRAFT'S REVEALED THIS PLANET IN INCREDIBLE DETAIL, AND THESE ARE SOME OF ITS LATEST CLOSE-UP IMAGES, FROM ITS HEXAGONAL NORTH POLE TO ITS RING SYSTEM, AND EVEN AN AURORA. BUT THIS MISSION'S VERY NEARLY AT ITS END. CASSINI'S BEEN IN SPACE FOR 20 YEARS. IT'S SET DOWN A PROBE, SPOTTED PLUMES ON ONE OF SATURN'S MOONS AND DISCOVERED COLOSSAL STORMS. BUT NOW IT'S RUNNING OUT OF FUEL. ITS FINAL DAYS, THOUGH, WILL BE CRUCIAL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT SATURN IS HOW LONG ITS DAY LASTS. OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, CASSINI'S BEEN EXPLORING A REGION WHERE NO SPACECRAFT HAS BEEN BEFORE, SWEEPING BETWEEN SATURN AND ITS RINGS. AND IN ITS FINAL DAYS, IT WILL GET CLOSER STILL, GIVING US OUR BEST EVER VIEW OF THE PLANET, REVEALING ITS ATMOSPHERE AND WHAT LIES BENEATH ITS THICK CLOUDS. BUT THESE LAST DIVES COULD ALSO SHOW US WHAT'S HIDDEN WITHIN ITS RINGS, INCLUDING A MYSTERIOUS OBJECT NICKNAMED 'PEGGY'. THE BLURRY SPECK WAS SPOTTED BY COLE MURRAY IN 2013 ON HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW PEGGY'S BIRTHDAY, AND THE NAME STUCK. THE BALL OF DUST, MORE THAN A MILE WIDE, IS EITHER A MOON BEING BORN OR ONE IN ITS DEATH THROES, AND THIS IS ITS LAST CHANCE TO FIND OUT. WE'VE ONLY GOT LITERALLY NOW A MATTER OF DAYS. OUR LAST LOOK AT PEGGY WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THOSE IMAGES. TIME'S RUNNING OUT, BUT THIS SPACECRAFT WILL GO OUT WITH A BANG. ITS LAST MANOEUVRE WILL BE A DEATH DIVE INTO SATURN'S ATMOSPHERE, BRINGING THIS BLOCKBUSTER MISSION TO A CLOSE. THE CASSINI MISSION COST NZ$4.5B. THE SPACECRAFT SPENDING 13 YEARS ORBITING SATURN. IT TOOK SEVEN YEARS TO GET THERE. THE REVIEWS MAY BE MIXED, BUT THERE'S NO DENYING TAYLOR SWIFT'S NEW SONG 'LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO' IS A RECORD-BREAKING SUCCESS. # I DON'T TRUST NOBODY AND NOBODY TRUST ME. # I'LL BE THE ACTRESS STARRING IN YOUR BAD DREAMS. # THE 27-YEAR-OLD'S REVENGE-FUELLED MUSIC VIDEO HAD THE BIGGEST DEBUT IN YOUTUBE HISTORY, VIEWED A WHOPPING 43.2 MILLION TIMES IN 24 HOURS. DESPITE SWIFT ONLY RETURNING TO SPOTIFY TWO MONTHS AGO, HER NEW TUNE STREAMED EIGHT MILLION TIMES, BEATING THE PREVIOUS ONE-DAY RECORD HOLDER ` ED SHEERAN'S 'SHAPE OF YOU'. THE FULL ALBUM 'REPUTATION' IS DUE OUT IN NOVEMBER. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND CHRIS WOOD IS HOME, ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND CHRIS WOOD IS HOME, FRESH FROM THE MECCA OF WEMBLEY. WE TRACK DOWN FOOTBALL'S NEW GO-TO GUY ` BARELY LANDED BUT FIT AND READY. A LOT OF FLYING, A LOT OF TRAVELLING. BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE BACK. HE TRAINS FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH HIS NATIONAL TEAMMATES. PLUS, ONE OF OUR WORLD ROWING CONTENDERS HAS A MAJOR SETBACK. AT THE SAME TIME, LOOK WHO'S BACK. AND A 1980'S COP SHOW, A NEW TEENAGE RUGBY FIRST FIVE, AND AN IMPRESSIVE BOO-FONT. HOW ARE THEY ALL CONNECTED? NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL'S LATEST PREMIER LEAGUE STAR IS BACK HOME AFTER AN INTENSE WEEK AND A HALF. NEW BURNLEY STRIKER CHRIS WOOD ATTEMPTED TO SLIP QUIETLY INTO TRAINING TODAY WITH HIS ALL WHITES TEAM IN AUCKLAND, OFFICIALLY OFF LIMITS UNTIL TOMORROW. GUY HEVELDT CAUGHT UP WITH HIM. CHRIS WOOD WITH HIS THIRD TEAM IN THE SPACE OF 10 DAYS. THE KIWI STRIKER BACK IN NEW ZEALAND AS ALL WHITES CAPTAIN FOR FRIDAY'S WORLD CUP QUALIFIER AGAINST THE SOLOMON ISLANDS AFTER A WHIRLWIND FEW DAYS LEAVING LEEDS FOR ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE CLUB BURNLEY. IT'S ALWAYS NICE BEING BACK IN NEW ZEALAND, SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE HOME. THERE'S BEEN LITTLE TIME TO REST FOR WOOD, WHO AFTER PLAYING AGAINST TOTTENHAM AT WEMBLEY ON MONDAY HAD TO MAKE THE MAD DASH TO HEATHROW AIRPORT TO FLY TO NEW ZEALAND. HE ONLY LANDED HOME ON TUESDAY MORNING. HOW'S THE LAST FEW DAYS BEEN? SEEMS LIKE A BIT OF A WHIRLWIND FEW DAYS FOR YOU, MATE? YEAH, IT ALWAYS IS ` A LOT OF FLYING, A LOT OF TRAVELLING, BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE BACK. BUT WHILE THERE'S BEEN CHAOS, IT'S BEEN REWARDING. THIS GOAL ON PREMIER LEAGUE DEBUT BEFORE BURNLEY AGAINST SPURS SECURING BURNLEY A POINT AGAINST THEIR MORE FANCIED RIVALS. CHRIS WOOD! THE DEBUTANTE IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE FOR BURNLEY HAS COME UP WITH AN EQUALISER! ON THE FIELD FOR THE ALL WHITES, THOUGH, EXPECTATIONS ON WOOD REMAIN THE SAME. SAME THING AS WHAT WE WANT IN EVERY WINDOW. HE'S THE CAPTAIN. WE WANT HIM TO LEAD, AND IF HE CAN PITCH IN WITH SOME GOALS, WE'LL BE HAPPY. OFF THE FIELD, HIS TEAMMATES HAVE OTHER IDEAS. WOOD'S TASKED WITH PICKING UP THE COFFEE BILL FOR THE WEEK. IT'S USUALLY WINSTON, BUT WHEN WE GOT THE TEAM LIST AT THE START OF THE WEEK, WE LOOKED FOR WOODSY'S NAME, AND I'M SURE HE WON'T MIND. WOOD LIKELY HAPPY TO PICK UP THE COFFEES IF HE CAN FIND THE BACK OF THE NET ON FRIDAY. GUY HEVELDT, 1 NEWS ROBBIE MANSON IS ONE OF OUR BEST MEDAL PROSPECTS AT NEXT MONTH'S ROWING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BUT THE STAR SCULLER HAS BEEN FORCED TO SPEND THREE WEEKS OUT OF THE BOAT. WHILE HIS RIB INJURY IS A CONCERN AHEAD OF THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR, IT COULD COST HIM MORE THAN A WORLD TITLE. ROBBIE MANSON'S BEEN SPENDING MORE TIME PEDALLING THAN PULLING ON A SCULLING BLADE RECENTLY, BUT YOU CAN'T ARGUE ABOUT THE EFFORT HE'S PUTTING IN. I'VE JUST PRETTY MUCH DONE EVERYTHING I'VE DONE ON THE WATER AND MORE ON THE BIKE, SO I'D SAY MY FITNESS IS AS GOOD AS IT'S EVER BEEN, SO JUST NEED TO TRANSFER THAT TO THE WATER. THREE WEEKS OUT FROM THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, THE MAN WITH THE FASTEST SINGLE SCULLS TIME IN THE WORLD IS ONLY JUST GETTING BACK IN THE BOAT AFTER A BREAK TO TRY AND GIVE STRESS FRACTURES IN HIS RIBS TIME TO HEAL. HE WAS ON THE WATER THIS MORNING, JUST DOING A LITTLE BIT OF TECHNICAL WORK, AND WE WEREN'T PLANNING THAT TILL NEXT WEEK, SO I THINK WE'RE ALREADY AHEAD OF THE GAME AND CERTAINLY WON'T BE USING IT AS ANY FORM OF DEFENCE COME SARASOTA. EXPECTATIONS ARE PRETTY HIGH FOR THE 27-YEAR-OLD IN FLORIDA FOLLOWING TWO WORLD CUP WINS IN EUROPE EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE LUCERNE EVENT WON WITH JUST FOUR DAYS 'ON WATER' PREPARATION AFTER HIS RIBS INITIALLY FLARED UP. WE'RE LUCKY PROBABLY THAT HE'S SHOWN SOME REALLY GOOD SPEED AND HE'S GOT A COUPLE OF SECONDS ON THE CURRENT RIVALS AT THE MOMENT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH HOMEWORK THEY'VE DONE IN BETWEEN THE WORLD CUPS AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AS WELL. MANSON'S PERFORMANCE IN FLORIDA IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS SUMMER MAHE DRYSDALE WILL REJOIN THE NZ SQUAD HERE ON LAKE KARAPIRO, AND THERE'S BOUND TO BE TOUGH COMPETITION FOR THE SINGLE SCULLS SEAT. EVEN TODAY THE OLYMPIC CHAMPION MADE A BRIEF APPEARANCE DURING ROWING NEW ZEALAND'S MEDIA DAY, PERHAPS A REMINDER HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. IT'LL MAKE FOR A FUN SUMMER. MANSON CREDITS A SIMILAR BATTLE THIS SEASON FOR HIS RECENT RESULTS. I THINK THAT REALLY HELPED ME BE ON THE FORM THAT I WAS OVER IN EUROPE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I COULDN'T JUST REST ON MY LAURELS OVER THE SUMMER. WHAT HE IS HOPING TO REST, THOUGH, IS THOSE RIBS, AFTER FIRST BRINGING HOME A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GOLD. ABBY WILSON, 1 NEWS SONNY BILL WILLIAMS WAS BACK IN SEVENS MODE TODAY TRYING TO BRING SOME HYPE TO NEXT YEAR'S NEW HAMILTON TOURNAMENT. WILLIAMS AND FORMER SEVENS CAPTAIN KARL TE NANA HAD SOME FUN WITH SOUTH AUCKLAND STUDENTS, MARKING THE PUBLIC SALE OF TICKETS. TWO THIRDS OF THE TICKETS HAVE ALREADY SOLD OUT, SO JUST HERE TRYING TO PUSH THAT MESSAGE OUT, ESPECIALLY OUT HERE IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. YA KNOW, AN HOUR DRIVE OR AN HOUR FIFTEEN MINUTES YOU'RE DOWN THERE IN CHIEFS TERRITORY WATCHING THE SEVENS. IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD TOURNAMENT. WILLIAMS' LAST RUN IN THE SEVENS JERSEY WAS CUT SHORT AT THE RIO OLYMPICS, INJURING HIS ACHILLES IN THEIR OPENING MATCH AGAINST JAPAN. ANOTHER BATCH OF PLAYERS WILL MAKE THEIR PROVINCIAL DEBUT IN THE LATEST ROUND OF RUGBY'S MITRE 10 CUP, WHICH STARTS TONIGHT. AUCKLAND TAKES ON WAIKATO AT EDEN PARK, WITH A TOTAL OF EIGHT PLAYERS SET TO MAKE THEIR FIRST APPEARANCES IN THE TOP GRADE. THE RETURN OF AN ALL BLACK SQUAD MEMBER COULD ALSO CATCH THE EYE. AKIRA IOANE CAN STILL GET AIRBORNE, DESPITE THAT LARGE MOP. KEEP BEING TOLD TO GET IT CUT. MUM OK WITH IT? UH, NO. NO, MUM'S NOT OK WITH IT. NEITHER IS SHAG! SO A TRIM MIGHT BE ON THE CARDS SOON AFTER IOANE SPENT THE PAST TWO WEEKS IN ALL BLACKS CAMP UNDER STEVE HANSEN. THE 22-YEAR-OLD'S COME BACK TO PROVINCIAL RUGBY WITH EYES WIDE OPEN. MAKING SURE I DO MY RECOVERY RIGHT, GETTING INTO MY BOOK, MAKING SURE I KNOW WHERE TO GO ON CERTAIN MOVES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND JUST BEING MYSELF. HE'S ONLY GOING TO GET BETTER AND BETTER, COS HE'S A GOOD PLAYER, AND IF HE GETS THE OFF-FIELD STUFF RIGHT, HE WILL GET EVEN BETTER. AKIRA'S TIME IN THE TEST SQUAD ALSO MEANS HE'S SEEN HIS YOUNGER BROTHER ROCKET AHEAD ON THE TEST STAGE FIRST HAND. ONE OF REIKO IOANE'S AUCKLAND GRAMMAR FIRST 15 TEAMMATES FROM JUST TWO YEARS AGO MAKES HIS AUCKLAND DEBUT THIS EVENING. FIRST FIVE WISEGUY FAIANE (19) ` A YOUNG MAN MANY PICK FOR A BIG FUTURE. HE'S GOT A GOOD, CALM HEAD ON HIM. GOT THE SUPPORT OF HIS BROTHER TJ, SO I THINK HE'LL DO WELL. YES, THE TEENAGER PLAYS INSIDE OLDER BROTHER TJ THIS EVENING. WHAT ABOUT THAT 'WISEGUY' NAME? I JUST CALL HIM WISE AND HOPE HE IS WISE ON THE FIELD. THAT'S THE MAIN THING. FIRST TIME I HEARD OF HIM, I SECOND-GUESSED IF THAT WAS HIS FIRST NAME! TURNS OUT HE'S NAMED AFTER THE CULT 1980'S TV SHOW WISEGUY, WITH ITS LEAD CHARACTER, UNDERCOVER COP VINNIE TERRANOVA. I'M NOT READY TO TAKE THIS ASSIGNMENT JUST YET. THE NEW WISEGUY'S FIRST ASSIGNMENT IS AGAINST WAIKATO TONIGHT ON EDEN PARK. THE SILVER FERNS ARE ALSO IN ACTION TONIGHT IN WEST AUCKLAND, BUT DEFENDER KELLY JURY HAS JOINED SHOOTER MARIA TUTAIA ON THE UNAVAILABLE LIST. JURY, WHO PLAYED AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA ON SATURDAY, HASN'T RECOVERED FROM AN ANKLE INJURY, SO KAYLA CULLEN HAS BEEN RECALLED TO THE SQUAD FOR TONIGHT'S GAME ONLY. FORTUNATELY THE FERNS' MID-COURT WILL BE AT FULL STRENGTH. OUR MID-COURTERS ARE NEXT LEVEL FIT AND ARE SO SKILFUL THAT THEY CAN DO ANYTHING FOR 60 MINUTES OF THE GAME. AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S GOING TO BE THE EDGE THAT WE HAVE AGAINST ENGLAND IF THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPERIENCED OR OLDER THAN US. THAT COULD BE THE KEY TO EXTENDING THEIR STAGGERING RECORD AGAINST ENGLAND ` 81 WINS FROM 87 GAMES. WITH JUST FOUR DAYS LEFT IN A SEASON THAT HAS BEEN A MONUMENTAL DISAPPOINTMENT, THE WARRIORS STILL BELIEVE THEY HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO ENSURE SUCCESS NEXT YEAR. COACH STEPHEN KEARNEY TODAY SIGNALLED NEW ADDITIONS TO THEIR ROSTER COULD BE CONFIRMED WITHIN A WEEK. SET TO RE-SIGN ASSISTANT COACH ANDREW MCFADDEN, THE CLUB IS ALSO LOOKING TO FILL A NEW DEVELOPMENT ROLE FOR NEXT SEASON, WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED DURING THEIR POST-SEASON REVIEW. WE'VE IDENTIFIED AREAS, AND IT'S NOT JUST WITH THE NRL, IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE WHOLE FOOTBALL DEPARTMENT, IN CERTAIN AREAS THAT NEED FIXING OR WE NEED TO BE BETTER AT. A NINTH STRAIGHT LOSS AGAINST THE TIGERS THIS WEEKEND WOULD MARK THEIR WORST-EVER LOSING STREAK IN A SINGLE SEASON. ROGER FEDERER HAS SURVIVED A BIG SCARE AGAINST AMERICAN TEENAGER FRANCES TIA-FOE ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE U.S OPEN IN NEW YORK. AFTER DROPPING THE FIRST SET, THE FIVE-TIME CHAMP APPEARED TO REGAIN MOMENTUM IN A MATCH WITH A NUMBER OF SWINGS. THE 19-YEAR-OLD, RANKED 70TH, THEN PUSHED FEDERER ALL THE WAY TO A FIFTH SET, BEFORE HE FINALLY PREVAILED TO REACH THE SECOND ROUND. (CROWD MURMURS) (CROWD CHEERS) THE TALENTED TEEN GIVES THE ALL-TIME GREAT A SERIOUS FIGHT HERE TONIGHT. EARLIER IN THE DAY IT WAS SHOCK LOSS FOR ANGELIQUE KERBER, WHO BECAME THE FIRST DEFENDING CHAMPION TO BE ELIMINATED IN THE FIRST ROUND IN 12 YEARS. THE GERMAN LEFT STUNNED, LOSING IN STRAIGHT SETS TO NAOMI OSAKA, A QUARTER FINALIST IN AUCKLAND AT THE START OF THE YEAR. JUST DAYS OUT FROM COMPETING AT THE WINTER GAMES, WANAKA SNOWBOARDING STAR ZOI SADOWSKI-SYNNOTT HAS BEEN SIGNED UP BY ONE OF THE BIGGEST INTERNATIONAL SPORTS BACKERS. THE 16-YEAR-OLD, WHO WON THE SNOWBOARD WORLD CUP BACK IN MARCH, HAS JOINED THE RED BULL STABLE. IT'S REALLY GOOD TO KNOW THAT I'M PART OF A FAMILY NOW OF ALL THESE OTHER SNOWBOARDERS AND SKIERS AND JUST KNOW THE ATHLETES AROUND THE WORLD. SADOWSKI-SYNNOTT WILL OPEN HER WINTER GAMES CAMPAIGN ON HER HOME SLOPES ON SUNDAY. WE'LL HAVE ZOI'S FINAL LIVE ON OUR DUKE CHANNEL ON MONDAY. WINTER GAMES HIGHLIGHTS TONIGHT ON ONE AFTER THE LATE NEWS. THANK YOU, ANDREW. SEVEN SHARP TEAM IS GETTING READY. THERE WERE GASPS AT FASHSION WEEK. ALSO TONIGHT ` DRIVING A WEDGE WITH MAN'S BEST FRIEND. SHOULD COUNCILS BE ABLE TO ENFORCE A ONE DOG ONLY RULE? WE'RE OPPOSED TO THE POLICY BECAUSE IT'S BARKING MAD. (BARKS) FROM A SCHOOL DROPOUT TO ROOFER, AND NOW JEROME TAYLOR'S GOT HIS OWN FASHION LABEL. YOU'VE ACTUALLY SAVED, NOT JUST THE WORLD, BUT THE WHOLE BLOOMIN' GALAXY. AND IF YOU'RE APPROACHING RETIREMENT, THIS COULD BE A HOBBY YOU MIGHT ALSO WANT TO TAKE UP. WE'LL TELL YOU WHY AT SEVEN SHARP. EVEN THOUGH THERE'S STILL ONE MORE DAY OF WINTER, MOTHER NATURE IS GOING OUT WITH A BANG. RATHER UNSETTLED TODAY AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE MOISTURE IS COMING IN FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. THERE IS A DOMINANT LOW COMING THROUGH TILL WEDNESDAY. THE WEATHER WILL BE SPINNING AROUND WITH DRYER SPELLS. BUT UP AND DOWN WITH THE RAIN. THE FIRST LOW DOES FADE, WHILE THE SECOND REMAINS DOMINANT. ONE FRONT WILL FADE AND IN THE SOUTH IT WILL BE DRYEST AND BRIGHTEST. PATCHY RAIN AND DRIZZLE IN THE LOWER NORTH. IT IS A RAINCOAT SORT OF DAY. IN THE SOUTH, CLOUD IN THE WEST ANDA FRONT DAWDLING. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ it is certainly going to be like spring, But at least we are going closer.