KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THE SOUTH ISLAND SOAKED UP THE SUNSHINE TODAY, THANKS TO A BUILDING RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE TASMAN SEA, WHILE IT WAS LARGELY DULL AND GREY OVER THE NORTH ISLAND DUE TO THE INFLUENCE OF AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE. SOUTH-EASTERLY WINDS HAVE BEEN A FACTOR TOO, HAVING A GO AT COASTAL AREAS. THE GOOD NEWS IS CONDITIONS EASE OVER THE NORTH ISLAND TOMORROW, WITH A SUNNY SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR MANY. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. OUR YOUTH ARE SMOKING LESS, BUT THEY'RE DRINKING A LOT MORE. WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE MIXED STATE OF THE NATION'S HEALTH. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER A WOMAN IS RUSHED TO HOSPITAL AFTER AN EARLY-MORNING SHOOTING JUST OUTSIDE AUCKLAND. THE GAME IS UP. FINISHED, DONE. MILITARY VETERANS SAY ZIMBABWE'S LONG-TIME PRESIDENT MUST GO. HAS ROBERT MUGABE BEEN SLEEPING ON THE JOB? (SINGING) AND CELEBRATING DUTCH HISTORY AND MAORI HISTORY IN NEW ZEALAND WITH THE COLOURFUL OPENING OF A NEW MUSEUM IN FOXTON. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. NEW ZEALAND TEENAGERS ARE SMOKING LESS, BUT THEY'RE DRINKING MORE. THE TRENDS HAVE EMERGED IN A NEW SURVEY BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH, WHICH RAISES CONCERN OVER WHAT THEY CALL 'HAZARDOUS ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION' BY THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 25. CHRIS CHANG WITH MORE. YOUNG PEOPLE ARE STUBBING OUT THIS HABIT, SMOKING RATES FOR ONE GROUP DROPPING BY A THIRD IN THE LAST YEAR. IT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS A CULTURAL SHIFT, WHERE LIGHTING UP IS JUST NOT COOL. SMOKING DOESN'T FIT. NEW MINISTRY OF HEALTH FIGURES SHOW A DRAMATIC FALL FOR 15- TO 17-YEAR-OLDS FROM ALMOST 16% A DECADE AGO ` 35,000 PEOPLE, TO 3.9% ` AROUND 12,000 PEOPLE. THERE'S PROBABLY A NUMBER OF GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE DECADE PRIOR, WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF MONEY AND ADVERTISING AND MARKETING SPENT ON SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE TO NOT START SMOKING, WHICH IS THE BEST WAY TO KEEP OUR POPULATION SMOKE-FREE. BUT WHILE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE STEERING AWAY FROM CIGARETTES, HAZARDOUS ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION FOR THOSE UNDER 25 IS ALMOST UNCHANGED IN THE PAST YEAR. BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T TAKEN ANY ACTION. SO IT'S TIME NOW THAT WE RESTRICT ADVERTISING; WE REMOVE ALCOHOL SPONSORSHIP; AND WE PUT THE PRICE UP OF ALCOHOL. ALCOHOL HEALTHWATCH SAYS THERE ARE LESSONS TO LEARN FROM THE DECLINE IN SMOKING. WHEN YOU TAKE LEADERSHIP AND YOU WANT ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND YOU IMPLEMENT STRONG, EVIDENCE-BASED POLICIES, YOU SEE THESE REDUCTIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN. WE HAVEN'T TAKEN THE SAME ACTION ON ALCOHOL. AND WHILE ATTITUDES MAY BE CHANGING TOWARDS TOBACCO, THERE'S A WARNING AGAINST COMPLACENCY. THERE'S ALSO THE DANGER THAT WITH THE RESULTS BEING SO POSITIVE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, THAT THE GOVERNMENT AND THE MINISTRY TAKE THEIR FOCUS OFF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THINK THEIR JOB IS DONE. WHEREAS WE KNOW YOUNG PEOPLE CAN CHANGE THEIR MINDS ON WHAT'S COOL AND WHAT ISN'T OVERNIGHT. OVERNIGHT DECISIONS THAT HAVE A LASTING IMPACT ON NEW ZEALAND'S HEALTH. CHRIS CHANG, 1 NEWS. POLICE HAVE ARRESTED AND CHARGED A MAN (28) AFTER A WOMAN WAS SHOT IN A HELENSVILLE HOME IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING. THE WOMAN (31) WAS RUSHED TO AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL IN A CRITICAL CONDITION, BUT IS NOW STABLE FOLLOWING SURGERY. POLICE ARE TALKING TO THREE PEOPLE AS PART OF THEIR INQUIRIES. THE THREE MEMBERS OF A WAIKATO FAMILY BEING TREATED FOR SUSPECTED BOTULISM ARE ALL NOW IN A STABLE CONDITION. THEY'RE RESPONDING TO A BOTULISM ANTI-TOXIN THAT WAS SHIPPED FROM AUCKLAND TO WAIKATO HOSPITAL YESTERDAY. THE PUTARURU-BASED FAMILY WAS SUDDENLY STRUCK WITH PARALYSIS A WEEK AGO, SHORTLY AFTER EATING WILD BOAR FOR DINNER. THE EXACT CAUSE AND SOURCE OF THE ILLNESS REMAIN UNKNOWN, BUT SAMPLES HAVE BEEN SENT TO A SPECIALIST TESTING CENTRE IN AUSTRALIA. CONTRACTING BOTULISM FROM FOOD IS RARE IN NEW ZEALAND. THERE HAVE BEEN ONLY TWO CASES IN THE PAST 33 YEARS. THE HOMELESS ARE AMONG THOSE HOPING FOR A STATE HOUSE AS THE WAITING LIST CONTINUES TO GROW AND GROW. 1 NEWS CAN REVEAL THE LATEST FIGURES, WHICH SHOW PRESSURE ON HOUSING'S INCREASED IN REGIONS OUTSIDE AUCKLAND. HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD HAS THE DETAILS. THE PRESSURE ON HOUSING IN THE CAPITAL'S GETTING WORSE BY THE DAY. IT ACTUALLY IMPACTS ACROSS ALL RANGES OF OUR SOCIAL-ECONOMIC POPULATION. WHETHER YOU'RE IN THE HIGH OR THE LOW-DECILE, THERE IS AN IMPACT OF SOME FORM OR ANOTHER. THERE ARE 268 PEOPLE WAITING FOR A STATE HOUSE IN WELLINGTON ` THE HIGHEST SINCE 2014. WE'RE NOTICING THERE ARE SOME NEW FACES ON THE STREETS, AND A NUMBER OF THEM HAVE STATED THEY'VE COME FROM AUCKLAND AND THE NUMBERS ARE ALSO CLIMBING IN HASTINGS AND NAPIER. THE HOUSING CRISIS IS NOT JUST AN AUCKLAND ISSUE. COMMUNITIES LARGE AND SMALL ARE FEELING THE STRESS AND DEALING WITH HOMELESSNESS ` HOMELESSNESS THAT WE NEVER EVER USED TO SEE IN NEW ZEALAND. ACROSS THE COUNTRY ` THERE ARE MORE THAN 7300 PEOPLE WAITING FOR A HOUSE OR TO BE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER. THAT'S 554 MORE THAN AT THE END OF JUNE, AND A 27% INCREASE ON THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. WE CAN BUILD OUR WAY OUT OF THIS HOUSING CRISIS. THE NEW HOUSING MINISTER IS PROMISING TO BUILD 2000 EXTRA STATE HOUSES. BUT DETAILS OF HOW HE'LL DO THAT ARE SPARSE. I WANT TO IF WE CAN, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STATE HOUSES BY A NET 2000 EVERY YEAR. THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT OFFICIALS WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. IT'S ABSOLUTELY UNTENABLE TO HAVE HUNDREDS OF STATE HOUSES LYING EMPTY WHILE THERE ARE FAMILIES WHO JUST WANT A DECENT ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS. He needs to look very carefully at why the state houses are vacant. Talk is cheap. 6% OF PEOPLE WAITING FOR A HOUSE DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS HOMELESS. BUT THE SITUATION IS IMPROVING IN SOME AREAS. OVER 500 MORE SHORT-TERM HOUSING PLACES WERE FILLED IN THE LAST QUARTER, LEADING TO A REDUCTION IN GOVERNMENT SPENDING ON EMERGENCY HOUSING GRANTS. AND THERE'S THIS MESSAGE FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT. IT'S ESSENTIAL THEY GET CLOSE TO THE GROUND. A BIG CHALLENGE FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT, AND THOSE NEEDING A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. PRESSURE'S MOUNTING FOR ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE TO RESIGN, WITH MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY TURNING AGAINST HIM. IT'S A CALL ECHOED BY MILITARY VETERANS THAT UNTIL NOW HAVE SUPPORTED THE CONTROVERSIAL LEADER. THE ARMY SEIZED POWER ON WEDNESDAY, BUT PRESIDENT MUGABE STILL REFUSES TO LEAVE OFFICE. THE BBC'S FERGAL KEANE WITH THIS. HERE IN HARARE, THE SENSE OF CRISIS IS SWELLING AFTER A DAY OF THE SURPRISING AND THE SURREAL. IT BEGAN WITH AN APPEARANCE NOBODY EXPECTED. THE AURA IS GONE. ROBERT MUGABE IS A MAN REDUCED, IN STATURE AND IN OPTIONS IN THIS COUP UNLIKE ANY OTHER COUP. HE EMERGED TODAY TO OPEN A GRADUATION CEREMONY, THE VOICE THAT ONCE PREACHED REVOLUTION NOW RECITING OF THE MOMENT. IN THE PASSING OF ANY ERA, THERE ARE EMBLEMATIC MOMENTS. CAUGHT NAPPING. IT'S HAPPENED A LOT TO HIM THESE DAYS. THAT APPEARANCE ILLUSTRATED JUST HOW MUCH ROBERT MUGABE'S WORLD HAS SHRUNK. HE WAS EFFECTIVELY ALLOWED OUT ON LICENCE TODAY BY THE ARMY, BRIEFLY SHOWN TO THE WORLD AND THEN TAKEN AWAY AGAIN. THE FEAR WITH WHICH HE RULED HIS PEOPLE, THE PATRONAGE WITH WHICH HE BOUGHT LOYALTY ` THESE HAVE GONE. AT THE FACT THAT HE REMAINS PRESIDENT. THESE ARE WAR VETERANS, OLD ALLIES NOW PUBLICLY CALLING ON MR MUGABE TO GO. BETWEEN NOW AND TOMORROW, WE ARE SAYING WE ARE GIVING YOU A WARNING, A VERY STARK WARNING TO MUGABE, TO HIS WIFE AND TO ANYBODY WHO STILL WANTS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH HIM THAT THE GAME IS UP, FINISHED, DONE. THE WORKADAY NORMALITY OF THE STREETS IS ONLY SURFACE DEEP, AND EXPECTATIONS OF REAL CHANGE ARE GROWING. WE JUST WANT TO BE AT PEACE. WE DON'T WANT WAR. WE DON'T WANT CIVIL WAR. WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING THAT IS TO DO WITH US NOT HAVING PEACE. BUT THE MILITARY HAS A DILEMMA. THEY NEED A TRANSITION WITH A VENEER OF LEGALITY, IDEALLY WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE AGREEING TO RESIGN. SO FAR, HE WON'T. BY EARLY EVENING, IT WAS APPARENT MOST IN HIS OWN PARTY WANT HIM GONE. A MAJORITY OF PROVINCIAL BRANCHES CALLED ON HIM TO RESIGN, AND THERE IS TALK OF IMPEACHMENT. THESE MOVES COULD BE DECISIVE. CHEMICALS USED IN COMMON WEEDKILLERS COULD BE CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROBLEM OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE, THIS ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS AT CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY. THEIR STUDY RELEASED TODAY COULD HAVE WORLDWIDE IMPLICATIONS BECAUSE OF THE RISE OF SUPERBUGS FOR WHICH THERE ARE NO EFFECTIVE DRUGS. JESS CARTWRIGHT EXPLAINS. IN THE BATTLE WITH WEEDS, CHEMICAL SPRAYS HAVE LONG BEEN THE WEAPON OF CHOICE. BUT NOW THERE'S EVIDENCE SOME OF THE CHEMICALS IN THEM COULD BE PUTTING HUMAN HEALTH AT RISK ` ON A GLOBAL SCALE. IF YOU LOOK AT HOW DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL CHEMICAL PRODUCTS ARE REGULATED, ALMOST NEVER IS THERE AN ASSESSMENT ON THE SUB-LETHAL EFFECTS OF THESE PRODUCTS, PARTICULARLY ON MICRO-ORGANISMS. GROUND-BREAKING RESEARCH BY CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY HAS DISCOVERED SOME CHEMICALS USED IN HERBICIDES ARE PLAYING A ROLE IN MAKING BACTERIA RESISTANT TO ANTIBIOTICS, THE MAINSTAY OF OUR HEALTH SYSTEM. IF NOTHING CHANGES, THESE SUPERBUGS COULD KILL MORE THAN 10 MILLION PEOPLE EVERY YEAR BY 2050. THEY COULD COST THE GLOBAL ECONOMY $100 TRILLION, AND IT COULD MEAN THAT WHEN WE NEED THEM MOST ANTIBIOTICS WON'T WORK. WE'D BE PLUNGED BACK INTO THE HEALTH OF THE 19TH CENTURY, BACK INTO THE DARK AGES, IF YOU LIKE. ORDINARY ILLNESSES WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TREAT; SURGERY WOULD BE COMPROMISED. AND WITH AROUND 700,000 TONS OF GLYPHOSATE, ONE OF THE KEY INGREDIENTS IN HERBICIDE, BEING USED EVERY YEAR, IT'S A CAUSE FOR CONCERN. HERBICIDES, PESTICIDES IN GENERAL ARE BIOCIDES, THEY'RE POISONS, AND YOU NEED TO FOLLOW LABEL INSTRUCTIONS FOR SAFE USE. AS BACTERIA BECOME MORE RESISTANT TO DRUGS, UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS HAPPENS WILL BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF TACKLING THE PROBLEM. JESS CARTWRIGHT, 1 NEWS. AS THE WEATHER HEATS UP AROUND THE COUNTRY, SOME OF OUR FAVOURITE LAKES WILL EXPERIENCE UNSIGHTLY AND HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS AND AN INCREASE IN GREEN SLIME. THAT INCLUDES WATERWAYS IN HAWKE'S BAY, WHERE THE COUNCIL'S TRIALLING A KIWI DIY APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM. SEAN HOGAN EXPLAINS. IN LAKE WAIKAPIRO, NORTH OF NAPIER, BUBBLES ON THE SURFACE. A PLAYGROUND FOR SOME, BUT DOWN BELOW, AN AIR CURTAIN'S BEEN INSTALLED TO GIVE THIS AILING LAKE VITAL LIFE SUPPORT. BUBBLES COME OUT OF THE HOLES, AND AS THEY RISE TO THE SURFACE OF THE LAKE, THE WATER GOES UP TOO. WHEN THEY HIT THE SURFACE, THEY SPREAD LATERALLY, AND THEY FORM A CIRCULATION CURRENT, WHICH KEEPS THE WATER MOVING, AND IMPORTANTLY, KEEPS THE OXYGEN GETTING INTO THE BOTTOM WATERS AND RIGHT THROUGHOUT THE LAKE. LAKE OF OXYGEN IN HIGH WATER TEMPERATURES CAUSE ALGAL BLOOMS IN MANY LAKES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE GREEN SLIME CAN KILL OFF FISH AND MAKE SWIMMERS SICK, BUT SINCE INSTALLING THE CURTAIN, SCIENTISTS HAVE SEEN PROMISING RESULTS. WE'RE ABOUT A MONTH IN NOW, AND IT'S AT ABOUT 100%. SO WE'VE GOT FROM 0% TO 100% OXYGEN SATURATION, WHICH IS A REALLY GOOD RESULT. MADE FROM PRODUCTS FOUND IN YOUR LOCAL HARDWARE STORE, THE REGIONAL COUNCIL SAYS IT'S A CHEAP OPTION, AND A LARGER OPTION COULD BE INSTALLED IN NEIGHBOURING LAKE TUTIRA. IT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO HAVE WORKED ELSEWHERE. THE AUCKLAND WATERCARE RESERVOIRS AND ALSO LAKE MANUWAI UP NEAR KERI KERI. THE LAKESIDE IS LITTERED WITH WARNINGS. THE COUNCIL WANTS THEM REPLACED BY CAMPERS AND TOURISTS. ALGAL BLOOMS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING HERE FOR DECADES DUE TO SEDIMENT BUILD-UP ON THE LAKE FLOOR. BUT HAVING RECENTLY INTENSIFIED, THE REGIONAL COUNCIL SAYS IT'S NOW ONE OF SIX ENVIRONMENTAL HOT SPOTS THAT NEEDS ATTENTION. SEEN AS A SHORT-TERM OPTION, THE COUNCIL WAS ALSO WORKING WITH LOCAL IWI. WORKING WITH LANDOWNERS TO SUPPORT THEM TO CHANGE SOME OF THEIR LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, TO ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO MANAGE THEIR BUSINESS, BUT ALSO TO MINIMISE THE IMPACT OF EROSION AND SEDIMENT INTO THE LAKE. BUT UNTIL THEN, THE ONLY SWIMMING HERE WILL BE LEFT TO THE BIRDS. SEAN HOGAN, 1 NEWS. NEW ZEALANDERS OF MAORI AND DUTCH HERITAGE CELEBRATED TOGETHER TODAY, WITH THE OPENING OF A NEW MUSEUM AND COMMUNITY CENTRE IN THE SMALL NORTH ISLAND TOWN OF FOXTON. IT'S CALLED 'TE AWAHOU NIEUWE STROM', WHICH MEANS 'THE NEW STREAM' IN BOTH TE REO AND DUTCH. EMILY COOPER HAS MORE. THE MINGLING OF TWO CULTURES AT A GATHERING IN THE SMALL TOWN OF FOXTON TO CELEBRATE DUTCH AND MAORI HERITAGE. (ALL PERFORM POWHIRI) THE CENTRE IS THE BRAINCHILD OF LOCAL IWI AND NEW ZEALAND'S DUTCH COMMUNITY. REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH TURNED OUT IN FORCE; TOUR BUSES BROUGHT IN DUTCH KIWIS AND TOURISTS. DUTCH NEWS WAS MEDIA THERE TOO. EVERYBODY HAS ACQUAINTANCES, FRIENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS, EVEN, WHO ARE DUTCH, BUT THEY'RE ALL INTEGRATED AND DISAPPEARED IN THE WIDER NATION OF NEW ZEALAND. THE CENTRE COST $8.5M TO CONSTRUCT. IT'S HOPED IT WILL BOOST TOURIST NUMBERS AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTER SHANE JONES SAYS ITS POSITIVE TO SEE INVESTMENT IN SMALL TOWNS, AND HE SAYS THE MUSEUM'S AN EXCELLENT WAY TO SHOWCASE NEW ZEALAND'S CULTURE. AS MODERN KIWIS, DON'T EVER FORGET THE FOUNDATION INFLUENCES THAT MADE THE COUNTRY WE TAKE FOR GRANTED. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT IN THE CONTEXT OF MOVING THE IMMIGRATION DEBATE FORWARD. THE MAORI MUSEUM AND GALLERY OFFERS STORIES, ART AND TAONGA FROM THE LOCAL IWI, NGATI RAUKAWA KI TE TONGA, WHILE THE DUTCH SECTION HOLDS STORIES AND ITEMS FROM MIGRANTS FROM THE NETHERLANDS. I'M HUGELY APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED, BECAUSE THIS IS THE BIGGEST DAY IN FOXTON WE HAVE HAD FOR YEARS. AND IT'S HOPED THE MUSEUM WILL SERVE FOXTON AND ITS CULTURES FOR YEARS TO COME. EMILY COOPER, 1 NEWS. IT'S A RACE AGAINST TIME TO FIND A MISSING MILITARY SUBMARINE WITH DOZENS OF CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD AMID REPORTS THEIR OXYGEN'S DUE TO RUN OUT. HAS DONALD TRUMP HAD A CHANGE OF HEART OVER THE PLIGHT OF AFRICA'S ELEPHANTS? WHY HIS DECISION TO CHAMPION BIG-GAME HUNTERS, INCLUDING HIS OWN SONS, MAY HAVE BACKFIRED. AND IS THIS THE FUTURE OF FREIGHT? SEE TESLA'S NEW ELECTRIC TRUCK THAT CARRIES A HEFTY PRICE TAG. DONALD TRUMP'S PUSHED PAUSE ON A PLAN TO OVERTURN A BAN ON IMPORTING BIG GAME TROPHIES. HE TWEETED LATE TODAY SAYING THE POLICY IS ON HOLD WHILE HE REVIEWS THE 'CONSERVATION FACTS'. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SONS ARE KEEN HUNTERS. CONSERVATIONISTS CONDEMNED TRUMP'S DECISION EARLIER IN THE WEEK THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED THE IMPORT OF BODY PARTS FROM AFRICAN ELEPHANTS KILLED FOR SPORT. MORE THAN 200 FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BATTLED A HUGE BLAZE THAT RIPPED THROUGH AN APARTMENT BLOCK IN NEW YORK CITY. THE FIRE BROKE OUT ON THE TOP FLOOR OF THE BUILDING AT AROUND 3 IN THE AFTERNOON. ALL THE RESIDENTS WERE SAFELY EVACUATED. ONE RESIDENT AND SEVEN FIREFIGHTERS SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. ARGENTINA'S NAVY HAS LAUNCHED A HUGE SEARCH FOR ONE OF ITS SUBMARINES THAT HASN'T BEEN HEARD FROM IN TWO DAYS. THERE ARE MORE THAN 40 PEOPLE ON BOARD THE VESSEL SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC. THE ABC'S MATT GUTMAN REPORTS. TONIGHT, THAT MASSIVE SEARCH OFF THE COAST OF ARGENTINA AND A NATION WAITING FOR THAT PING OF LIFE FROM THAT MISSING SUBMARINE OR ANY OF THE 44 CREW ON BOARD. THE SAN JUAN IS JUST ONE OF THREE SUBMARINES IN THE ARGENTINE NAVY. THE CREW SEEN IN THIS VIDEO NAVIGATING THE SEAS BY PAPER CHARTS AND PERISCOPES. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A ROUTINE TRIP FROM THE BASIN USHUAIA ON THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE CONTINENT TO THE SAN JUAN HOMEBASE OF MAR DEL PLATA. ARGENTINA HAS DEPLOYED NAVY SHIPS, PLANES AND HELICOPTERS IN THE SEARCH, ABOUT 250 MILES OFF THE SOUTHERN ARGENTINE COAST. LOCAL MEDIA REPORTED A FIRE ON BOARD KNOCKED OUT COMMUNICATIONS AT SOME POINT ON WEDNESDAY. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THE SUBMARINE IS, WHERE IT'S IN DISTRESS, THEN YOU COULD HAVE ALL THE RESCUE GEAR IN THE WORLD AND IT'S NOT GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE. BUT A NAVY SPOKESMAN HAS SINCE DENIED REPORTS OF A FIRE, AND SAYS THERE ARE ADEQUATE OXYGEN SUPPLIES ON BOARD. FOUR PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER A LIGHT AIRCRAFT AND A HELICOPTER COLLIDED IN MID-AIR NORTH-WEST OF LONDON. WITNESSES SAY THEY SAW THE AIRCRAFT STRIKE EACH OTHER AND SPIRAL DOWN INTO THICK WOODLAND. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT AROUND MIDDAY LOCAL TIME IN CLEAR WEATHER. INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL ESTABLISHING THE IDENTITIES OF THOSE KILLED AND THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH. ELECTRIC CARMAKER TESLA'S BILLIONAIRE BOSS HAS UNVEILED HIS COMPANY'S FIRST TRUCK. ELON MUSK SAYS IT CAN TRAVEL 800KM ON A SINGLE CHARGE. BUT IT COMES AT A COST. IT'S EXPECTED THEY'LL SELL FOR ALMOST NZ$400,000 EACH. THE BBC'S THEO LEGGETT HAS MORE. IT CERTAINLY LOOKED THE PART, EMERGING GLEAMING OUT OF THE DARKNESS, APPEARING EVERY INCH THE KING OF THE ROAD. THIS IS THE NEW TESLA SEMI, A BIG-RIG TRAILER THAT SILICON VALLEY ENTREPRENEUR ELON MUSK THINKS CAN REVOLUTIONISE THE HAULAGE INDUSTRY. THE THING THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOT MOVING IS A DIESEL TRUCK. TESLA HAS MADE ITS NAME PRODUCING HIGH-END ELECTRIC CARS. AND THIS IS AN ALL-ELECTRIC TRUCK. SO WILL IT LEAVE CONVENTIONAL LORRIES STRUGGLING IN ITS WAKE? TESLA WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE ITS ELECTRIC SEMI. WHETHER THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT AT SCALE AND TO PRODUCTION TIMETABLES THAT THEY SET OUT IS VERY MUCH IN QUESTION. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO IT ON ANY OF THEIR MODELS SO FAR. ASSUMING THE NEW LORRY CAN BE PRODUCED IN NUMBERS, WILL HAULIERS ACTUALLY WANT TO BUY IT? TESLA'S PROMISING LOW RUNNING COSTS AND A HIGH DEGREE OF DRIVER COMFORT. BUT THAT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH. THE PROBLEM WITH ELECTRIC LORRIES IS THE PRICE POINT. A NEW DIESEL LORRY COST IS �85,000 EACH AT THE MOMENT. THESE NEW TESLAS ARE PROBABLY GONNA BE AROUND THE �200,000 MARK. THAT'S WAY BEYOND THE BUDGET OF MOST HAULIERS IN THE UK. TESLA IS ALREADY STRUGGLING TO TURN ITSELF FROM A NICHE LUXURY CARMAKER INTO A MASS-MARKET PRODUCER WITH ITS NEW MODEL 3. AND HIDDEN IN THE BACK OF THE ELECTRIC LORRY WAS YET ANOTHER NEW PROJECT ` A HIGH-TECH ROADSTER, WHICH TESLA SAYS WILL BE THE QUICKEST PRODUCTION CAR ON THE PLANET. NOW ANALYSTS ARE WORRIED THE COMPANY MAY BE TRYING TO GO TOO FAR TOO FAST. RENEE'S HERE NOW WITH THE DAYS WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS, AND A LOVELY DAY FOR SOUTHERN SPOTS BUT DULL OVER THE NORTH. YES, PETE, LOTS OF SUNSHINE FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND, BUT EASTERN AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND WERE WORST AFFECTED BY THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO THE NORTH, MAKING FOR A WET DAY IN THOSE PLACES. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ AND I'LL BE BACK WITH A BETTER-LOOKING SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR MOST RIGHT AFTER SPORT. STILL TO COME ` PRESERVED IN ARCTIC ICE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. NOW EXPERTS CAN REVEAL WHAT THIS BABY MAMMOTH ATE FOR ITS LAST MEAL AND EVEN HOW IT DIED. AND AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS FOR ANIMALS. SO WHAT WAS THIS MILITARY DOG'S LIFE-SAVING JOB ON THE FRONT LINE? SMOKING RATES AMONG TEENAGERS HAVE DROPPED BY A THIRD, ACCORDING TO NEW MINISTRY OF HEALTH FIGURES. A DECADE AGO, ALMOST 16% OF 15- TO 17-YEAR-OLDS SMOKED. THAT'S NOW FALLEN TO UNDER 4%. POLICE SAY A WOMAN (31) CRITICALLY INJURED IN A SHOOTING NORTH-WEST OF AUCKLAND THIS MORNING FACES A LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY. POLICE HAVE SPENT THE DAY AT THE SCENE IN HELENSVILLE. THEY'VE CHARGED A MAN (28) WITH WOUNDING WITH RECKLESS DISREGARD AND UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. A MAMMOTH DISCOVERY FROM SIBERIA IS GIVING SCIENTISTS FRESH IN-SIGHT INTO THE LONG-EXTINCT WOOLLY MAMMAL. A BABY MAMMOTH THAT LIVED MORE THAN 40,000 YEARS AGO HAS JUST TAKEN UP RESIDENCE AT THE MUSEUM OF SYDNEY. THE ABC'S PHILIPPA MCDONALD HAS MORE. YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW IT, BUT THERE'S A MAMMOTH INSIDE THIS BOX WHICH HAS COME ALL THE WAY FROM SIBERIA. SHE'S EXTREMELY PRECIOUS. SO IN A THOUSAND YEARS' TIME, SHE HAS TO BE IN EXACTLY THE SAME CONDITION AS SHE IS NOW, SO WE CAN DO ZERO DAMAGE TO THE SPECIMEN. LYUBA WAS DISCOVERED IN THE FROZEN ARCTIC IN 2007. THE FAMILY THAT FOUND HER WERE REINDEER HERDERS. AND THEY KNEW NOT TO TOUCH HER BECAUSE THEY WERE ANIMISTS, AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BRING BAD LUCK UPON THEMSELVES. HER NAME MEANS LOVE IN RUSSIAN. CARBON DATING AND CT SCANS REVEALED SHE LIVED 42,000 YEARS AGO AND LAY PRESERVED IN ICE, MUD AND BACTERIA. LYUBA IS THE MOST COMPLETE MAMMOTH THAT WE HAVE. MOST FOSSILS THAT WE FIND ARE TINY AND FRAGMENTARY. LYUBA'S ALMOST COMPLETE. SHE'S ONLY MISSING HER TAIL AND ONE EAR. THE SIZE OF A BABY ELEPHANT, IT'S THOUGHT SHE DIED WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE OVER A MONTH OLD. MUD WAS FOUND IN HER TRUNK. SHE PROBABLY FELL WHILE SHE WAS TRYING TO CROSS A RIVER AND SUFFOCATED IN THE MUD. THE CONTENTS OF HER STOMACH SHOW LYUBA'S LAST MEAL WAS GRASS. SHE'S BEEN MORE STUDIED THAN ANY OTHER WOOLLY MAMMOTH ON EARTH. LYUBA IS THE CENTREPIECE OF AN EXHIBITION OF 100 OBJECTS EXAMINING THE LIVES OF THE GIANTS OF THE ICE AGE. PALAEONTOLOGISTS SAY ONE OF THE GREATEST MYSTERIES IS JUST HOW MAMMOTHS BECAME EXTINCT. THERE'S TWO COMPETING HYPOTHESES ` THAT HUMANS HUNTED THEM TO EXTINCTION, OR THAT CHANGES IN THE CLIMATE CHANGED THE ENVIRONMENT ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE EXTINCTION. MOST MAMMOTHS DISAPPEARED 10,000 YEARS AGO AT THE END OF THE GLACIAL PERIOD. A COURAGEOUS CANINE WHO HELPED SAVE THE LIVES OF BRITISH TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN HAS BEEN AWARDED THE ANIMAL EQUIVALENT OF THE VICTORIA CROSS. MALI RECEIVED THE DICKIN MEDAL AFTER TWICE BEING SENT THROUGH DIRECT FIRE TO SEARCH FOR EXPLOSIVES, ENABLING SOLDIERS TO SECURE AN ENEMY STRONGHOLD. HIS HANDLER SAYS DOGS LIKE MALI ARE INVALUABLE IN THE FIELD. ALL UNITS WANT THEM ON THE GROUND, OUT IN FRONT OF THE PATROLS LOOKING FOR THOSE IEDs, LOOKING FOR THE ENEMY, AND BASICALLY SAVING LIVES, WHICH IS WHAT THEY DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT. MALI RETIRED AFTER BEING INJURED BY A GRENADE, BUT HAS MADE A FULL RECOVERY. A 12-YEAR-OLD AND AN 82-YEAR-OLD WERE AMONG 1300 SWIMMERS TO COMPLETE THE AUCKLAND HARBOUR CROSSING EARLY THIS MORNING. THEY SET OFF FROM BAYSWATER ON THE NORTH SHORE, SWIMMING 2.9KM TO THE VIADUCT HARBOUR. IT'S THE FIRST EVENT IN AN OCEAN SWIM SERIES BEING HELD ACROSS THE NORTH ISLAND. TONGAN RUGBY LEAGUE FANS WON'T BE ABLE TO WELCOME THEIR TEAM AT AUCKLAND AIRPORT SHOULD THE SQUAD MAKE IT THROUGH TO THE SEMI-FINALS. TONGA'S CURRENTLY ON COURSE FOR A SEMI-FINAL SPOT. THEY'RE LEADING LEBANON 22-16 IN CHRISTCHURCH RIGHT NOW. A RED SEA OF FANS GREETED THEM IN THE GARDEN CITY LAST WEEKEND, BUT THOSE SCENES WON'T BE REPEATED IN AUCKLAND. THE AIRPORT PLANS TO TRANSFER THE TEAM STRAIGHT FROM ITS FLIGHT TO A BUS WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE DOMESTIC TERMINAL. AUCKLAND AIRPORT SAYS IT'S A HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO A LACK OF SPACE FOR FANS IN THAT TERMINAL. AND THE TONGAN TEAM IS IN ACTION AS WE SPEAK. IT'S QUARTER-FINALS TIME. WE'RE ACROSS THE TONGA-LEBANON GAME, AHEAD OF THE KIWIS-FIJI CLASH. ALSO A GREAT YARN ABOUT THE BLOKE THAT OWNS THIS IMPRESSIVE LEAGUE JERSEY COLLECTION 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING. NOT ONE OF THEM IS FOR SALE. THE SCOTS ARE READY TO GET STUCK INTO THE ALL BLACKS TOMORROW MORNING. GOOD LUCK, IT'S BEEN A 112-YEAR WINNING STREAK FOR THE ABs. WE'RE IN EDINBURGH NEXT. DO YOU REMEMBER THE MOVIE 'COOL RUNNINGS', BASED ON THE JAMAICAN BOBSLED TEAM THAT WENT TO THE WINTER OLYMPICS? WELL, HERE'S THE SEQUEL, 30 YEARS ON. THE AUSTRALIANS HAVE CLINCHED THE FIRST SEMI-FINAL BERTH AND ARE NOW LYING IN WAIT FOR THE WINNER OF TONIGHT'S NEW ZEALAND-FIJI MATCH IN THE CAPITAL. LET'S GO TO MATT MANUKIA, WHO SPENT THE MORNING WITH THE UNDER-PRESSURE KIWIS. I've got a bit of company with me here. There was some drizzle this morning but it has cleared. Hopefully the good weather will attract a few more punters like these. The Kiwis will have to dig more deep then they have up till now because of what's on the line this weekend. We went into the camp today to ask what they will be drawing on to get them through the line. As a new level of unity in the side that has the players believing they can go all the way in this World Cup. THE FIRST SIGN WAS SIMON MANNERING MAKING AN UNEXPECTED TRIP TO THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE THIS MORNING. BEFORE THE WORLD CUP, THE KIWIS WOULD NEVER DO THIS ON GAME DAY. AND EVEN THEN, ONLY THOSE WHO AREN'T PLAYING USUALLY TURN UP. NOT TODAY. THEN IT WAS A WALK AROUND WELLINGTON CBD, PLAYERS WERE RELAXED, TO SAY THE LEAST. AFTER THAT, WE FOUND ORA KIHI, WHOSE BEEN A KEY TO CREATING THIS CULTURE. IF YOU ASK ANY PLAYER THE REASON WHY THEY PLAY, AND THEY'LL TELL YOU IT'S THEIR FAMILY. SO IT'S ABOUT JOINING TOGETHER ALL THESE DIFFERENT CULTURES TO BECOME ONE BIG FAMILY. BECAUSE THAT'S WHO YOU'RE PROTECTING ON THE LINE. NOW WITH THE KIWIS, ORA IS THE MAN BEHIND CHIEFS' MANA, CREATING THE CHIEFS' HAKA AND LATER THE KIWIS'. HE'S EVEN WORKED WITH THE MELBOURNE STORM AND HAS TAKEN SIMILAR VALUES TO ALL THREE TEAMS. IT'S THE COMMUNITY WORK. IT'S THE WAY WE SPEAK; THE WAY WE TRAIN AND EVERYTHING WE DO. THOSE ARE OUR VALUES NOW. IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE IT BETTER. WHEN MOST PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT IS MY JOB, THEY JUST THINK I GO IN AND DO THE HAKA. FOR THIS TOURNAMENT, HE BROUGHT IN A TOKOTOKO ON WHICH THE TEAM'S JOURNEY IS CARVED. USUALLY A ROOKIE TAKES CARE OF IT. BUT AFTER LAST WEEK IN HAMILTON, CAPTAIN ADAM BLAIR TOOK THAT RESPONSIBILITY UPON HIMSELF. FOR THAT TO BE INGRAINED ON OUR TOKOTOKO IS SOMETHING TO LEARN FROM. AND WE'RE ALWAYS ABOUT MAKING BETTER. BUT ALL THAT'S DONE FOR US IS BROUGHT US TOGETHER STRONGER. IT'S MADE US MORE HUNGRY. AND JUST LIKE THE TOKOTOKO TELLING THE STORY, SO WILL THE PLAYERS. THE WAY THE NEXT CHAPTER IS WRITTEN IS UP TO THE KIWIS TONIGHT. Very impressive thereby the Kiwis. The ticket sales are a bit on the slow side, but this is a group that is marched all the way here from Civic Square. Who's going to win tonight? Fiji! THANKS, MATT. MATT MANUKIA IN WELLINGTON. KIA ORA, WELCOME BACK TO SPORT. TONGA IS CLINGING ON TO ITS LEAD BUT IS BEING SEVERELY TESTED BY LEBANON IN THE RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINALS IN CHRISTCHURCH. TONGA GOT OFF TO A SUPERB START THROUGH AN EARLY TRY 3 0=1=! 3 WS 0 ;?9 'Q) BACK, SCORING THIS FREAKISH TRY DURING THE FIRST HALF. A chance now! LEBANON LOOKED LIKE LEVELLING THE SCORES EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF BEFORE THIS TRY WAS CONTROVERSIALLY RULED OUT BY THE TMO. I'm going to overturn this. I am overturning the decision. TONGA STILL LEADS 22-16. MEANWHILE, THE KANGAROOS CONTINUE TO SET THE STANDARD AFTER VALENTINE HOLMES MADE A MESS OF SAMOA BY SCORING FIVE TRIES IN THE FIRST-EVER TEST PLAYED IN DARWIN. NOW IT'S BILLY SLATER WITH THE PASS TO HOLMES, WHO GETS HIMSELF A HAT TRICK! HOLMES, WHO SAID NO TO THE KIWIS, BROKE THE RECORD FOR MOST AUSTRALIAN TRIES IN A TEST. SOME OF THE BOYS WERE SAYING THAT BEFORE JUST AS WE FINISHED. I DIDN'T BELIEVE THEM. I THOUGHT FOR SURE THEY'D BE SOMEONE WHO AT LEAST SCORED FIVE BEFORE, BUT I'M VERY HONOURED TO BE NAMED THAT, AND IT'S AWESOME. THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS PROVING TOO MUCH FOR A POOR SAMOAN OUTFIT AS THE AUSSIES RAN IN EIGHT TRIES IN THEIR 46-0 ROMP. STILL WITH LEAGUE, AND THERE'S NO DOUBTING THE PASSION OF JERSEY FANATIC ERIC 'BONES' LEWIS. FOR DECADES, HE'S BEEN PICKING UP ALL SORTS OF NRL KEEPSAKES. HIS CHRISTCHURCH COLLECTION'S SO BIG THAT HE ALMOST NEEDS A SECOND HOUSE FOR STORAGE. MATT HALL-SMITH PAID HIM A VISIT. WHEN YOU'VE BEEN COLLECTING LEAGUE JERSEYS AND MEMORABILIA FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE FOR 20 YEARS, IT'S NO WONDER YOU NEED A LARGE SHED TO HELP STORE IT ALL. I HAD TWO OTHER GARAGES, BUT THEY WERE SMALLER THAN THIS ONE. SO YOU HAD TO UP-SIZE? (CHUCKLES) WELL, IT'S FULL NOW, INNIT? DO YOU THINK I'D GET ANYMORE IN? IT ALL STARTED FROM HIS DAYS AS A HORNBY LEAGUE PLAYER, AND ONCE IT STARTED, IT JUST DIDN'T STOP. NICKNAMED BONES, HIS COLLECTION IS ANYTHING BUT BONE IDLE. HUNDREDS OF JERSEYS AND JUST AS MUCH MEMORABILIA. STATE ORIGIN. LEWIS'S ONE. EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT FOR SALE, HE'S ALWAYS WELCOMING VISITORS. I HAD A BUS LOAD FROM THE COAST COME OVER ONE DAY AND WATCH THE TEST AND THEY PULLED UP THE DRIVEWAY AND HAD A LOOK AROUND. I HAD THE KIWIS HERE THE OTHER WEEK. AND THEY'RE JUST AS HAPPY TO ADD TO THE COLLECTION. YEAH, ONE FULLA RANG UP AND SAID, 'HIM, BONES, I'M FROM PONSONBY. 'I DIDN'T SEE A PONSONBY JERSEY ON YOUR WALL, 'AND THE BUTCHER TOOK ALL THE THINGS DOWN.' HE SAID, 'DO YOU WANT ONE? 'I'LL SEND YOU ONE DOWN.' SO AFTER A GOOD CHIN WAG IN THE ULTIMATE MAN CAVE, THE BURNING QUESTION IS ` WHICH ONE'S HIS FAVOURITE? OH, I THINK THE BIG WIGAN ONE IS THE FAVOURITE ONE. THAT WAS WORN IN WEMBLEY BY ADRIAN SHELFORD, SO GOT THAT OFF HIM. FORMER KIWIS' HARDMAN ADRIAN SHELFORD WORE IT IN THE 1990 CUP FINAL. LEWIS KNEW HIM FROM HIS DAYS AROUND THE HORNBY LEAGUE CLUB. SADLY, HE PASSED AWAY IN 2003. THAT'S THE ONE... I TREASURE, AS YOU MIGHT SAY. AND WITH HIS GRANDSON, TEVIN ARONA, MAKING THE WARRIORS RESERVES THIS YEAR, HE'S SURE TO TREASURE A FEW MORE WARRIORS JERSEYS, WHICH WILL NO DOUBT FIND THEIR WAY INTO HIS COLLECTION SOON. MATT HALL-SMITH, 1 NEWS. THE SCOTTISH RUGBY TEAM IS PREPARING FOR ITS BIGGEST CLASH OF THE SEASON, HOPING TO BREAK ITS WINLESS RECORD AGAINST THE ALL BLACKS. AND AS EUROPE CORRESPONDENT JOY REID REPORTS, THEY CAN CALL ON KIWI CONNECTIONS. YOU COULD SENSE THE ENERGY IN THE SCOTTISH SIDE TODAY. AND THEY'LL NEED EVERY BIT OF IT TOMORROW. NEW ZEALAND, IF THEY PLAY EXTREMELY WELL, THEN WE WILL STRUGGLE TO BEAT THEM. SO I'VE JUST SAID A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO IS SHUT DOWN WHAT THEY'RE DOING. DESPITE THE SCOTTISH SIDE BEING RANKED SIXTH IN THE WORLD, IN JUNE THEY BEAT THE WALLABIES. THEY'RE TAKING THE FACT THAT THE ALL BLACKS HAVE NAMED THEIR STRONGEST SIDE FOR TOMORROW AS A SIGN OF RESPECT. YOU SEE, THE LAST TIME THE TWO SIDES MET IN 2014, NEW ZEALAND ONLY JUST WON. IT WAS A VERY CLOSE GAME, THERE WASN'T MUCH BETWEEN IT, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING TO DO AGAIN ` GET STUCK INTO THEM. IT'LL ALSO BE LIKE A MINI REUNION FOR A FAIR FEW. THERE'S A FEW SCOTTISH PLAYERS WHO'VE PLAYED SEASONS IN NEW ZEALAND IN FACT, THE ENTIRE FRONT ROW OF THE 2012/2013 SYDENHAM CLUB TEAM IN CHRISTCHURCH IS PLAYING THIS SATURDAY. THAT'S SIMON BERGHAN FROM THE SCOTTISH SIDE, AS WELL AS CODIE TAYLOR AND NEPO LAULALA. AND LOCK GRANT GILCREST PLAYED WITH SAM WHITELOCK AT HIS LINCOLN UNIVERSITY CLUB. YOU WOULD'VE PLAYED SO MUCH CLUB FOOTY WITH HIM, EH. (LAUGHTER) I DID PLAY ONE GAME. IT WAS MY LAST CLUB GAME TOO, ACTUALLY. YEAH, BE GOOD TO CATCH UP. FOR THE ALL BLACKS CAPTAIN, THE SCOTTISH SIDE AND HOME TURF HOLDS EXTRA-SPECIAL MEANING. HE DEBUTED HERE IN 2008. I REMEMBER NOT TRYING TO FALL OVER COS IT WAS PITCH BLACK WHEN I RAN OUT. WASN'T GONNA BE A GOOD LOOK IN MY FIRST TEST. TOMORROW IS EXACTLY 112 YEARS TO THE DAY SINCE NEW ZEALAND FIRST BEAT SCOTLAND. THEY'RE HOPING THIS TIME TOMORROW, THAT TRACK RECORD WON'T BE BROKEN. JOY REID, 1 NEWS, EDINBURGH. THE BLACK STICKS WOMEN HAVE BLOWN THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO UPSET THE NETHERLANDS IN FRONT OF A SELL-OUT CROWD AT THE WORLD LEAGUE HOCKEY FINALS SERIES IN ALBANY. THE KIWIS CREATED SOME CLOSE CHANCES BUT COULDN'T GET THE FINAL TOUCH. THE WORLD NUMBER ONE DUTCH SHOWING THEIR CLASS AND TEACHING THE BLACK STICKS A THING OR TWO ON HOW TO SCORE GOALS, STORMING TO A 4-NIL VICTORY. I WOULD EXPECT THEM NOW TO COME OUT WITH A BETTER ATTITUDE AND A BETTER COMMITMENT TO MAKING SURE THEY DO THE BASICS REALLY WELL. THE BLACK STICKS ARE NOW HALFWAY THROUGH THEIR SECOND MATCH AGAINST WORLD NO. 9 KOREA AND STILL YET TO SCORE A GOAL AT THE TOURNAMENT. KIWI GOLFERS RYAN FOX AND LYDIA KO REMAIN IN CONTENTION IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SEASON-ENDING TOURNAMENTS, DESPITE BOTH ENDURING FRUSTRATING SECOND ROUNDS. KO IS IN A TIE FOR 12TH IN THE LPGA'S TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER A ONE-UNDER SECOND ROUND PUT HER AT SIX-UNDER OVERALL AND SIX OFF THE LEAD. FOX, MEANWHILE, MIXED FIVE BIRDIES WITH FOUR BOGEYS IN HIS ONE-UNDER ROUND AT THE EUROPEAN WORLD TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP IN DUBAI. COME ON, COME ON, COME ON. YES! (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) GREAT COMEBACK BY FOX. COUPLE OVER ARE NINE AND FOUR BIRIDES IN SIX FROM THE TURN. FOX IS ALSO SIX-UNDER OVERALL IN A TIE FOR 11TH, FOUR SHOTS OFF THE LEAD. ALMOST 30 YEARS AFTER AN UNLIKELY JAMAICAN BOBSLED TEAM BECAME WINTER OLYMPIC CULT FIGURES, INSPIRING THE BOX OFFICE HIT 'COOL RUNNINGS', A FEMALE EQUIVALENT HAS EMERGED. A NIGERIAN TEAM HAS WON SELECTION FOR THE GAMES IN SOUTH KOREA NEXT YEAR. AND AS STEPHEN STUART REPORTS, THERE ARE PLENTY OF SIMILARITIES. REMEMBER THESE FORMER JAMAICAN SPRINTERS GOING FOR A SKATE AT CALGARY IN 1988? WELL, THESE THREE US-BASED NIGERIANS ALSO COME FROM A TRACK BACKGROUND, WITH BOBSLED DRIVER SEUN ADIGUN A 2012 OLYMPIC HURDLER. AND I KNEW QUITE A FEW TRACK-AND-FIELD ATHLETES WHO HAD TRANSITION INTO THE WINTER SPORT, SO I FIGURED, 'YOU KNOW, I THINK I COULD TRY THIS.' SPRINTERS AS PUSHERS, OR BRAKEWOMEN, AND THEY BUILT THEIR OWN MAKESHIFT WOODEN SLED TO BEGIN PRACTISING. I JUST WENT FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS STRAIGHT, JUST HAMMERING AND DRILLING AND SAWING THIS WOODEN SLED TOGETHER. THEY THEN RAISED $75,000 THROUGH A CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN AND STARTED RACING THEIR TWO-PERSON BOB. LIKE THE JAMAICANS 29 YEARS AGO, THEY STRUGGLED AT FIRST, BUT THEN DID WELL ENOUGH IN THE FIVE QUALIFYING RACES IN UTAH, WHISTLER AND CALGARY TO BECOME THE FIRST NIGERIAN ` LET ALONE AFRICAN ` TEAM TO WIN OLYMPIC BOBSLED SELECTION. (WOMEN CHEER) SEEING THAT WE ALL HAVE TRACK BACKGROUNDS, THE SPEED WAS THE LEAST THING THAT WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT. IT WAS ACTUALLY THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. SO THE ICE, ACTUALLY, THE COLD, ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE THINGS THAT WE ACTUALLY CONSIDERED OUTSIDE OF SPEED. AND THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR CELEBRATIONS CHOREOGRAPHED. (MUSIC PLAYS) HEY! WHAT'S UP, HOMIES? ABOUT THE ONLY THING MISSING IS JOHN CANDY, THE MYTHICAL COACH OF THE JAMAICANS. BUT YOU SENSE COOL RUNNINGS 2 IS ON ITS WAY. STEPHEN STUART, 1 NEWS. FINALLY IN SPORT, FROM SPRINTERS TO STAYERS, AND BEAUTIFUL WEATHER CONDITIONS MADE FOR A BRILLIANT DAY OF RACING AT THE QUEENSTOWN MARATHON, WITH 5 NEW RACE RECORDS SET. RUNNER HANNAH OLDROYD CLAIMED THE WOMEN'S TITLE JUST 3 WEEKS AFTER WINNING AUCKLAND, OVERTAKING DEFENDING CHAMPION MEL AITKEN INSIDE THE FINAL 10KM TO SET A NEW RACE RECORD OF 2 HOURS, 52 MINUTES, 21 SECONDS. SO, WHAT NOW, HANNAH? GUINNESS. GUINNESS. SUN, GUINNESS ` THAT'S ABOUT IT. TIMARU'S SAM WREFORD ALSO NOTCHING UP A RACE RECORD IN THE MEN'S MARATHON ` 2 HOURS, 27 MINUTES AND 56 SECONDS. Pete was also down there. To the half marathon. Right now I feel like a beer and a sleep. Very hilly on the first half. Thank you. I finished. RENEE'S HERE AFTER THE BREAK WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS FOR THE NORTH ISLAND. TOMORROW ON Q&A ` FIXING OUR HOUSING PROBLEM WILL BE NO EASY TASK. NEW MINISTER PHIL TWYFORD'S ON THE PROGRAMME TO TELL US HOW HE'S GOING TO DO IT. THEN THE FUTURE OF MINING ` IS THERE A MIDDLE ROAD BETWEEN THOSE FOR AND AGAINST? ALL THAT AND MUCH MORE TOMORROW MORNING AT 9, HERE ON 1. HELLO AGAIN. VERY DIFFERENT CONDITIONS OVER THE TWO ISLANDS TODAY. THE ONSHORE FLOW IS THE CAUSE OF THE LOW CLOUD ALONG THE EAST COAST OF THE COUNTRY FROM THE CANTERBURY PLAINS NORTHWARDS AND EXTENDING THROUGH MUCH OF MARLBOROUGH, COOK STRAIT ACROSS THE TARANAKI BIGHT. FURTHER NORTH, BRIGHTER RAIN CLOUDS AFFECT PLACES FROM HAWKES BAY NORTH-WEST TO NORTHLAND, THE RESULT OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO THE NORTH OF THE NORTH ISLAND. BUT MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND UNDER THE RIDGE. SO THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND ASSOCIATED FRONTS NORTH OF THE NORTH ISLAND BEGIN TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH-EAST AND AWAY FROM THE COUNTRY TONIGHT AND DURING SUNDAY. A RIDGE EXTENDS NORTH-EAST UP THE SOUTH ISLAND FROM THAT AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTH TASMAN SEA. RAIN FOR GISBORNE AND NORTHERN HAWKES BAY, AS WELL AS THE EASTERN RANGES OF BAY OF PLENTY. RAIN CLEARING SOUTHERN WAIRARAPA IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH INCREASING FINE SPELLS. PATCHY, LIGHT RAIN FOR THE REMAINDER OF BAY OF PLENTY AND FROM TAUPO NORTHWARDS, CLEARING MOST PLACES IN THE MORNING, WITH INCREASING FINE SPELLS IN THE AFTERNOON. ALL REMAINING NORTH ISLAND AREAS HAVE A FINE DAY. BRISK TO STRONG SOUTH-EASTERLIES, EASING TOWARDS EVENING. FINE AND SUNNY FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND AFTER THE CLEARANCE OF ANY INLAND MIST AND FOG PATCHES. ANY CLOUDY PERIODS ABOUT THE MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS WILL CLEAR IN THE AFTERNOON. LOW CLOUD FOR SOUTHLAND AND CLUTHA IN THE EVENING, WITH PATCHY DRIZZLE ABOUT THE COASTS. LIGHT WINDS, BUT BRISK SOUTH-EASTERLIES ABOUT THE SOUNDS AT FIRST. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ AND THAT IS YOUR WEATHER. ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR SATURDAY NIGHT. AND THAT'S 1 NEWS THIS SATURDAY. REMEMBER YOU CAN KEEP RIGHT UP TO DATE WITH ANY DEVELOPMENTS ON OUR STORIES TONIGHT ON OUR WEBSITE. FROM US, GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JEAN TENG AND TRACEY DAWSON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.