KIA ORA, GOOD EVERYONE, EVERYONE. THE WEEKEND HAS SEEN RAIN AND GALE, SOU'EASTERLIES GIVING PARTS OF THE UPPER AND EASTERN NORTH ISLAND A HARD TIME. MEANWHILE, THE SOUTH ISLAND HAS ENJOYED A CALM AND SUNNY SPELL UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A RIDGE. THE SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT THE UNSETTLED SKIES CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY, AND A LARGE HIGH TAKES CENTRE STAGE FOR THE NEW WEEK. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. POLICE ARE SHOCKED AT A VIOLENT SHOOTING OF A WELLINGTON TAXI DRIVER AFTER A FARE DISPUTE. LABOUR'S LAID OUT ITS AMBITIOUS AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN. BUT WILL THOSE MOST IN NEED STILL MISS OUT? (CHANTING, SINGING) TENS OF THOUSANDS ON THE STREETS OF ZIMBABWE'S CAPITAL, CALLING FOR LONG-TIME PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE TO GO. AND 'SHARE THE ROAD.' RIDERS MAKE A PUBLIC PLEA TO MOTORISTS TO STOP DANGEROUS DRIVING BEHAVIOUR AROUND HORSES. POLICE ARE SHOCKED AT WHAT THEY'VE CALLED A 'STAGGERING LEVEL OF VIOLENCE' AFTER A TAXI DRIVER WAS SHOT BY PASSENGERS IN WELLINGTON LAST NIGHT. THE DRIVER WAS SHOT IN THE SHOULDER WHILE IN HIS TAXI IN THE WELLINGTON SUBURB OF MIRAMAR, JUST AFTER 9 O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT. HE'D DRIVEN A MAN AND A WOMAN FROM COURTENAY PLACE IN THE CITY, BUT POLICE SAY THE VIOLENCE BEGAN AFTER A DISPUTE OVER THE FARE. CAPITAL TAXIS, THE COMPANY THE DRIVER WORKS FOR, SAYS THIS TYPE OF VIOLENCE IS RARE, BUT DRIVERS ARE OFTEN STILL FEARFUL. THERE ARE SOME DRIVERS WHO PREFER NOT TO WORK THOSE HOURS BECAUSE OF THOSE REASONS. THEY DEAL WITH A LOT OF INTOXICATED PEOPLE AT NIGHT, AND THAT'S ALWAYS A RISK WORKING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS, TAKING PEOPLE HOME FROM THE BARS. THERE HAS BEEN ISSUES BEFORE WITH DISPUTES BETWEEN DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS IN THE PAST, BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS. TO SEE THIS TYPE OF VIOLENCE HAPPENING OVER HERE IS UNSETTLING. THE TAXI DRIVER WENT TO A NEARBY SERVICE STATION FOR HELP. POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE BUT WOULDN'T COMMENT ON CAMERA TODAY. A SYMBOLIC GESTURE'S BEEN MADE TO MARK THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PIKE RIVER MINE DISASTER. FAMILIES OF THE 29 VICTIMS HAVE BEEN HANDED THE KEYS TO THE MINE ACCESS ROAD AS THE NEW GOVERNMENT PLEDGES TO DO ALL IT CAN TO RECOVER THE MEN'S REMAINS. LISA DAVIES HAS THE STORY. HANDING OVER THE KEYS AND UNLOCKING THE GATE TO THE MINE ` A SYMBOLIC GESTURE FROM THE GOVERNMENT ENDING A YEAR LONG STAND-OFF. THE FAMILIES SET UP A BLOCKADE HERE TO PREVENT THE MINE TUNNEL FROM BEING SEALED. THAT FRUSTRATION NOW SEEMS FAR BEHIND THEM. THERE'S A MESSAGE DOWN IN THE MINE SAYING, 'WE'RE COMING TO GET YOU.' STEPPING ACROSS THAT LINE TODAY MEANS THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. TOMORROW, MINISTER ANDREW LITTLE WILL TAKE THE PIKE RIVER RE-ENTRY DETAILS TO CABINET. THE AIM ` TO FIND MORE EVIDENCE TO EXPLAIN THE EXPLOSION, AND THE REMAINS OF ANY MEN WHO WERE IN THE TUNNEL AT THE TIME. BUT THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES. FROM EVERYTHING I'VE SEEN, I'M REASONABLY CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN DO THIS AND FULFIL THE PROMISE MADE TO THE FAMILIES THAT WE WOULD DO EVERYTHING WE COULD TO GET INTO THE DRIFT. THE FAMILIES RESPECTING THAT STANCE. THEY CAN'T GUARANTEE IT. ABOVE ALL, SAFETY HAS GOT TO BE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST, AND WE DON'T ANYBODY TO BE INJURED OR KILLED DOING THIS FOR US. THAT'S THE LAST THING WE WANT. TODAY, FOR THE SEVENTH YEAR, THEY LAID FLOWERS AT THE MEMORIAL. BUT THE MOOD WAS NOTICEABLY LIGHTER. THERE'S HAPPINESS IN THE GROUP TODAY. FOUR FAMILIES HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THEY'D PREFER THE MINE TO REMAIN UNDISTURBED, BUT THE MAJORITY HOPE THERE'LL BE ACCESS BEFORE THE NEXT ANNIVERSARY. BE HERE THIS TIME NEXT YEAR. UNTIL THEN, THE CLOSEST THEY CAN GET TO THEIR LOVED ONES IS THE MINE ENTRANCE, WHERE A PRIVATE CEREMONY WAS HELD. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. CAN WE FIX IT? YES, WE CAN. THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM THE NEW HOUSING MINISTER WHO'S DEFENDING LOFTY TARGETS FOR BUILDING DESPERATELY-NEEDED AFFORDABLE HOMES. BUT HE SAYS THOSE WHO GET THE KIWIBUILD HOUSES WILL BE DECIDED THROUGH A BALLOT, NOT MEANS TESTING. PHIL TWYFORD SPOKE TO JESSICA MUTCH ON TVNZ'S Q & A THIS MORNING. PHIL TWYFORD IN BOB THE BUILDER MODE, PROMISING 10,000 HOMES A YEAR FOR FIRST-TIME BUYERS. BUT IT'LL BE THE LUCK OF THE DRAW WHO GETS ONE, WITH NO MEANS TESTING AND NO TARGETING FOR HARD-TO-STAFF PROFESSIONS LIKE TEACHERS. THAT IS THE FAIREST WAY TO DO IT, AND WE DON'T WANT TO SET UP A HEAVY, BUREAUCRATIC, MEANS-TESTING REGIME. BUT NOT EVERYONE AGREES. IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT GOES TO PEOPLE THAT ARE LUCK OF THE DRAW IS THE FAIREST WAY I CAN SEE. POTENTIALLY, THERE NEED TO BE SOME FORM OF MEANS TESTING. IF SOMEONE IS EARNING $500,000 PER ANNUM, IT WOULD SEEM SOMEWHAT UNFAIR THAT THEY COULD ENTER INTO THE BALLOT. ON TOP OF THE KIWIBUILD HOMES, LABOUR'S ALSO VOWING TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF STATE HOUSES IT BUILDS. I'VE ASKED OFFICIALS TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN DOUBLE THAT AND BUILD 2000 EXTRA STATE HOUSES A YEAR. THE NEW MINISTER IS DEFENDING HIS CAMPAIGN PLEDGE FOR KIWIBUILD. THAT WORKS OUT TO BE 27 PER DAY ON AVERAGE. HOW IS THAT DOABLE? IN OUR FIRST HUNDRED DAYS, WE ARE TAKING THE FIRST STEPS TOWARDS SETTING UP OUR KIWIBUILD PROGRAMME, OUR HOUSING COMMISSION TO LEAD THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIG DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. THAT'S VERY AMBITIOUS. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH OPTIMISM, BUT THE PROBLEM IS, AS THE LAST GOVERNMENT FOUND, TURNING THE HOUSING ISSUE AROUND TAKES TIME. THE RESERVE BANK'S QUESTIONED THE NUMBERS TOO, USING TREASURY ADVICE, SAYING 10,000 A YEAR IS MORE LIKELY TO BE 5,000 BECAUSE PRIVATE SECTOR BUILDING WILL GO DOWN. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE TREASURY ADVICE WAS INCORRECT? YES, I AM. THAT SEEMS LIKE A VERY BOLD MOVE FOR A NEW MINISTER. WE'VE LOOKED AT THE ADVICE. IT WAS BASED ON INCOMPLETE INFORMATION. I'VE HAD THE TREASURY OFFICIALS IN MY OFFICE. WE'VE TALKED THROUGH ALL OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE POLICY, AND I'M CONFIDENT WE'RE GONNA MOVE AHEAD AND BE ON THE SAME PAGE. I THINK THAT'S REALLY OMINOUS, BECAUSE WHAT THE MINISTER WAS SAYING TODAY WAS, IF THEY TREASURY DON'T AGREE WITH MY NUMBERS, I'LL SEE THAT THEY DO. IF YOU BREAK IT DOWN FURTHER THE HOUSING MINISTER'S PROMISING ONE HOUSE EVERY HOUR, SO THE CLOCK'S TICKING. JESSICA MUTCH, 1 NEWS. THE AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION HAS MADE AN URGENT PLEA TO THEIR GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW DOCTORS ACCESS TO THE MANUS ISLAND ASYLUM SEEKERS. HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS MARCHED IN SYDNEY IN SUPPORT OF THE 400 REFUGEES LANGUISHING INSIDE THE RECENTLY-CLOSED PAPUA NEW GUINEA DETENTION CENTRE WITHOUT SUFFICIENT FOOD, CLEAN WATER OR POWER. AUSTRALIA HAS REJECTED NEW ZEALAND'S OFFER TO ACCEPT 150 OF THE MEN, BUT ONE OF THE REFUGEES HAS SENT AN EMAIL TO JACINDA ARDERN URGING HER TO KEEP TRYING. OMAR JACK CLAIMS THEY HAVE BEEN 'PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY DAMAGED', AND NEW ZEALAND'S OFFER WOULD BE LIFE-SAVING. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE MARCHED IN ZIMBABWE, CALLING FOR THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT OF ALMOST FOUR DECADES, ROBERT MUGABE, TO STAND DOWN. ZIMBABWE'S RULING PARTY IS NOW EXPECTED TO SACK THE 93-YEAR-OLD WITHIN HOURS. THE BBC'S FERGAL KEANE IS IN HARARE. SOMETHING HAPPENED INSIDE THE PEOPLE TODAY ` A SHARED ENERGY THAT SWEPT THEM ALONG THE STREETS. THEY WERE THERE ON THE BIG STREETS AND SMALL. (CROWD CHANT) (MEN SING) A COMMON PURPOSE IN A PLACE SO LONG DIVIDED. VOICES THAT WOULDN'T HAVE DARED SPEAK OF ROBERT MUGABE A FEW DAYS AGO NOW SANG HIS POLITICAL REQUIEM. A HISTORIC MOMENT. IT'S SO SPECIAL. WE'VE WAITED FOR THIS FOR 37 YEARS. THIS IS A NEW BEGINNING FOR THE PEOPLE OF ZIMBABWE. WHAT I AM SEEING HERE IS THE DEATH OF A DYNASTY. ALL THE FACES OF THE NATION CAME INTO HARARE. (CROWD CHANTS) JOY WAS UNRESTRAINED AND EXUBERANTLY EXPRESSED. WE WATCHED PASSING SOLDIERS BEING ENVELOPED BY EAGER HANDS AND ARMS. WHO KNOWS WHAT FREEDOM THE MILITARY COUP WILL DELIVER, BUT AN ARMY THAT WAS ONCE AN INSTRUMENT OF OPPRESSION IS NOW CELEBRATED. THIS TELLS YOU EVERYTHING. THIS IS WHAT THE PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THE ARMY. IT MAY NOT LAST, BUT THESE ARE MOMENTS WHERE THEY FEEL GENUINE LIBERATION AND THANK THE SOLDIERS AS THEIR SAVIOURS. THOSE WHO FORCED THIS MOMENT INCLUDE MANY WHO WERE ONCE ARDENT SUPPORTERS OF ROBERT MUGABE. NOW THEY CALL FOR THE DEPARTURE OF THE PRESIDENT AND HIS WIFE. THE PEOPLE OF ZIMBABWE HAVE SPOKEN, AND THE PEOPLE OF ZIMBABWE HAVE SAID, 'YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND SHOULD GO TODAY AND NOT TOMORROW.' ROBERT MUGABE IS UNDER INTENSE PRESSURE, YET THIS AFTERNOON WAS REFUSING TO STAND DOWN. THE ARMY WILL REMAIN ON THE STREETS, AND TOMORROW THE GENERALS WILL MEET PRESIDENT MUGABE TO TELL HIM THAT THEIR GUNS AND THE PEOPLE'S SYMPATHIES HAVE TURNED AGAINST HIM. EVERYBODY HERE NOW IS CERTAIN THAT THE MOMENT OF ROBERT MUGABE'S DEPARTURE IS DRAWING CLOSE. AND AS PRESSURE GROWS FOR ROBERT MUGABE TO STEP DOWN, HE'S EXPECTED TO MEET THE ARMY CHIEF FOR CRUNCH TALKS ON HIS FUTURE. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN ASSAULT AGAINST AN OFFICER IN SOUTH AUCKLAND FOLLOWING TONGA'S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP WIN LAST NIGHT. THE FEMALE OFFICER WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WITH A HEAD AND ARM INJURY AFTER SHE WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS BY A MAN FROM BEHIND. THERE WERE 11 ARRESTS AT POST-MATCH CELEBRATIONS IN OTAHUHU LAST NIGHT. THE LOCAL COUNCIL SET UP A FAMILY-FRIENDLY FAN ZONE FOR THE CELEBRATIONS AFTER TONGA'S WINNING MATCH AGAINST LEBANON TO QUELL THE VIOLENCE SEEN AFTER PREVIOUS TONGA WORLD CUP GAMES. A FEMALE PASSENGER, WHO EVADED SECURITY AT AUCKLAND AIRPORT, HAS CAUSED CHAOS AT THE DOMESTIC TERMINAL THIS AFTERNOON. THE WOMAN SNUCK THROUGH AN UNMANNED SECURITY LANE, FORCING THE AIRPORT TO TEMPORARILY HALT SCREENING. SEVEN FLIGHTS WERE DELAYED AND 500 PASSENGERS WERE AFFECTED WHILE STAFF TRACKED HER DOWN THROUGH CCTV FOOTAGE. DOZENS OF PASSENGERS HAD TO BE RE-SCREENED, AND MANY TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO VENT THEIR FRUSTRATION. POLICE SAID THEY'D INTERCEPT THE WOMAN WHEN SHE ARRIVED AT WELLINGTON AIRPORT. A FATAL CRASH IN HAWKE'S BAY HAS BROUGHT THIS YEAR'S ROAD TOLL TO 329, WHICH IS NOW ONE HIGHER THAN FOR THE WHOLE OF LAST YEAR. TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS ON OUR ROADS TODAY. WITH MORE THAN A MONTH STILL LEFT TO GO UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR, POLICE HAVE BEEN URGING MOTORISTS TO TAKE MORE CARE. HORSE RIDERS PLEADED WITH MOTORISTS TO SLOW DOWN AND GIVE THEM SPACE, AS THEY TOOK TO THE ROAD TODAY IN A NATIONAL RIDE FOR SAFETY. MANY OF THE RIDERS TAKING PART HAVE EXPERIENCED NEAR MISSES WITH CARS, WHILE SOME ARE STILL GETTING OVER TRAUMATIC ACCIDENTS. CHRIS CHANG REPORTS. HI-VIS AND HORSES ` THESE RIDERS PARADING FOR BETTER SAFETY ON OUR ROADS. WE FIND THAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND HAND SIGNALS OR WHEN WE ARE IN DISTRESS. OR THEY REALLY JUST DON'T CARE, AND SOME GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO INDULGE IN DANGEROUS BEHAVIOUR. AROUND 70% OF THOSE TAKING PART IN THIS NATIONAL RIDE FOR ROAD SAFETY SAY THEY NO LONGER FEEL SAFE ON THEIR LOCAL RURAL ROADS. TWO-THIRDS HAVE HAD A NEAR MISS OR INCIDENT WITH A PASSING VEHICLE, INCLUDING JOURNALIST KAREN RUTHERFORD, WHO SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES IN A CRASH LAST YEAR THAT KILLED HER HORSE 'CURIOUS GEORGE'. HOSPITAL SHOTS SHE SUFFERED SEVERAL BROKEN BONES, A HEAD INJURY, AND HER LEG WAS COMPLETELY DE-GLOVED. THIS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN PART OF MY HEALING PROCESS, IN ALL HONESTY. I THINK TO SEE SO MANY RIDERS OUT HERE TODAY, IT'S REALLY SPECIAL. I JUST HOPE PEOPLE SPARE A THOUGHT FOR GEORGE AS THEY'RE RIDING AROUND, BECAUSE HE WOULD HAVE LOVED A RIDE LIKE THIS. ALTHOUGH SHE'S RECOVERED, GETTING BACK IN THE SADDLE'S A STEP TOO FAR. I STILL CAN'T GO THERE. I'D REALLY THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT DOING THAT TODAY, BUT I'M JUST NOT QUITE READY. THE FLASHBACKS ARE STILL A BIT OF AN ISSUE. THE RIDERS MAKING A PLEA TO MOTORISTS. DON'T TOOT YOUR HORN; DON'T BRING YOUR RATTLY TRAILER UP CLOSE; DON'T YELL OUT THE WINDOW, AND FOR GOODNESS SAKE, PLEASE GIVE US 20 K'S AN HOUR AS YOU PASS AND A 2M-WIDE BERTH, OTHERWISE THE CONSEQUENCES CAN BE DEADLY. SIDEWAYS, AS WELL AS FORWARD. SO BY DOING THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP YOURSELF AND THE HORSE AND RIDER SAFE AS WELL. THE MESSAGE FROM THIS CAVALCADE ` USE COMMON SENSE AND SHARE THE SPACE. CHRIS CHANG, 1 NEWS. THE RURAL COMMUNITIES STILL STRUGGLING WITH THE AFTERMATH OF TWO QUAKES. I'LL GET THROUGH THIS ALL RIGHT. IT WAS VIOLENT. IT WAS REALLY VIOLENT. AND A RECONSTRUCTED UNDERGROUND TEMPLE TO A MYSTERIOUS CULT THAT WORSHIPPED NEARLY 2000 YEARS AGO IS NOW OPEN IN THE HEART OF LONDON. AND A SOLD OUT THEATRE HEARS A CLASSIC CHILDREN'S TALE WITH A HIGH PROFILE NARRATOR. PETER SET ON HIS OWN AT LUNCHTIME AT SCHOOL. WHEN THE KAIKOURA EARTHQUAKE STRUCK A YEAR AGO, RURAL COMMUNITIES IN MARLBOROUGH WERE JUST GETTING BACK ON THEIR FEET. THE TOWNS OF SEDDON AND WARD HAD ALREADY BEEN BATTERED IN TWO EARLIER QUAKES. AND AS KAITLIN RUDDOCK REPORTS, SOME FAMILIES STILL HAVEN'T RETURNED TO THEIR HOMES, OR ARE LIVING IN SEVERELY DAMAGED ONES. A ROOF TO LIVE UNDER, BUT ONLY JUST, IN A HOME THAT'S BEEN TORN APART AT THE SEAMS. THAT IS MEANT TO BE SITTING THERE. IT'S JUST MOVED. ALL THE WALLS HAVE MOVED. THIS SEDDON PROPERTY DAMAGED IN THE 2013 AND 2016 QUAKES. NOW DIANE RYAN WANTS TO MAKE REPAIRS, BUT FEARS ANOTHER SHAKE COULD FINISH THE BUILDING OFF. TO BE HONEST, UP UNTIL THIS DAY, I HAVE ANXIETY REAL BAD NOW AND INSOMNIA REAL BAD. I HAVE ANXIETY REAL BAD NOW AND INSOMNIA REAL BAD. THE OTHER NIGHT WHEN WE HAD THE ONE THEY HAD IN WELLINGTON, I COULDN'T SLEEP AT ALL. NOVEMBER 14 ISN'T FAR FROM THE MINDS OF THOSE LIVING IN RURAL MARLBOROUGH. I'LL GET THROUGH THIS ALL RIGHT. IT WAS VIOLENT. IT WAS REALLY VIOLENT. GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I COULDN'T HOLD ON. I SAID, 'I'M GONNA HAVE TO FALL TO THE FLOOR.' SHE'S FRUSTRATED BY THE DELAY IN SETTLING HER CLAIM WITH INSURERS. CURRENTLY, 60% OF RESIDENTIAL CLAIMS HAVE BEEN SETTLED AND A FURTHER 10% PARTIALLY-SETTLED IN THE UPPER SOUTH ISLAND. IN WARD, THE TAYLOR FAMILY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STARTING PLANNING FOR A NEW HOME. IT WAS AN UNREAL NIGHT ` ONE I CERTAINLY WILL NEVER FORGET. AND THERE ARE REMINDERS ALL AROUND. THEIR OLD HOUSE SITS EMPTY, JUST 100M UP THE ROAD FROM WHERE THEY'RE STAYING. THE EARTHQUAKE IS INGRAINED IN OUR CULTURE. THE SCARS ON THE HILLSIDES, THE ROADS, THE HOUSE. BUT THE COMMUNITY'S PUT THEIR OWN STAKES IN THE GROUND. THE LOTTERIES FOUNDATION GAVE US SOME FUNDING TO FENCE THE COMMUNITY HALL, PUT A PLAYGROUND IN THERE. AND THAT'S BEEN FANTASTIC. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE BEFORE THE KAIKOURA QUAKE, THESE QUAKE SURVIVORS ARE BACK IN THE GARDEN, GRASPING FOR A RETURN TO NORMALITY IN THE COMING YEAR. KAITLIN RUDDOCK, 1 NEWS. SIGNALS HAVE BEEN DETECTED THAT ARE THOUGHT TO HAVE COME FROM AN ARGENTINE SUBMARINE MISSING FOR THREE DAYS WITH 44 ON BOARD. DEFENCE AUTHORITIES HOPE SEVEN FAILED SATELLITE CALLS IT BELIEVES CAME FROM THE SUB ARE SIGNS THE CREW IS TRYING TO RE-ESTABLISH CONTACT. A NASA PLANE'S JOINED THE HUNT IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC ALONGSIDE THE BRITISH AND US MILITARIES, BUT WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE HINDERING THEIR EFFORTS. THE SINN FEIN LEADER GERRY ADAMS HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL STAND DOWN AS PRESIDENT OF THE PARTY NEXT YEAR AFTER 34 YEARS IN THE ROLE. THE VETERAN REPUBLICAN WON'T STAND IN THE NEXT ELECTION FOR THE IRISH PARLIAMENT. HE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT AT HIS PARTY'S CONFERENCE, SAYING IT WAS TIME TO PASS THE BATON TO A NEW GENERATION. I'VE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN THE LEADERS WE'VE ELECTED THIS WEEKEND AND IN THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS. AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO'S WELCOMED ME INTO THEIR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES AND HAVE MADE ME PART OF COUNTLESS CAMPAIGNS. GERRY ADAMS PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE DURING THE 1990s IN MOVING THE IRA TO A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE. DRONE FOOTAGE HAS CAPTURED THE SCALE OF A PIPELINE LEAK IN THE US WHERE ALMOST 800,000L OF OIL HAS LEACHED INTO THE GROUND. THE PIPE WAS SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY AND OFFICIALS DON'T BELIEVE IT'S POLLUTED ANY SURFACE WATER OR DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS. IT COMES JUST DAYS BEFORE REGULATORS ANNOUNCE WHETHER THEY'LL APPROVE A CONTROVERSIAL EXPANSION TO THE PIPELINE. RENEE'S HERE NOW WITH THE DAY'S WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS, AND DRY AND SETTLED OVER THE SOUTH, BUT PARTS OF THE NORTH SAW SOME RAIN TODAY. YES, A WET DAY FOR THE NORTHEAST AND SOME CENTRAL PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND TODAY THANKS TO A LOW AND ASSOCIATED FRONTS. A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORY OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND. IT WAS FINE AND SUNNY UNDER A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE, BUT WITH A CHILLY START. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ. AND I'LL BE BACK AFTER SPORT WITH YOUR OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD. NEXT UP, THE PRIME MINISTER'S NEW THEATRE ROLE ON AN AUCKLAND STAGE. THE WOLF RAN ACROSS THE PARK, THROUGH THE BUSHES AND ON TO THE MOTORWAY. (MUSIC PLAYS) AND A HEAVY METAL LEGEND IS SILENCED AFTER A BATTLE WITH ALZHEIMERS. # WELL, I'M BACK IN BLACK. # LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` A WELLINGTON TAXI DRIVER WAS SHOT IN THE SHOULDER AFTER WHAT POLICE SAY BEGAN AS A DISPUTE OVER A FARE. THE CABBIE WAS WOUNDED IN THE SUBURB OF MIRAMAR, JUST AFTER 9 O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT. HE'D DRIVEN A MAN AND A WOMAN FROM COURTENAY PLACE. THE HOUSING MINISTER PHIL TWYFORD IS DEFENDING THE GOVERNMENT'S LOFTY PLANS TO BUILD TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW AFFORDABLE HOMES. BUT HE SAYS THOSE WHO GET THE KIWIBUILD HOUSES WILL BE DECIDED THROUGH A BALLOT NOT MEANS TESTING. AND ON THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PIKE MINE DISASTER, THE GOVERNMENT HAS HANDED OVER THE KEYS TO THE MINE ACCESS ROAD TO FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS. TOMORROW MINISTER ANDREW LITTLE WILL TAKE THE PIKE RIVER RE-ENTRY DETAILS TO CABINET. MR LITTLE'S ALSO SETTLING INTO HIS ROLE AS TREATY NEGOTIATIONS MINISTER. HE FACES A BIG CHALLENGE, THOUGH, TRYING TO BREAK THE STALEMATE OVER A SETTLEMENT FOR NGAPUHI, AND HAS BEEN TO WAITANGI TO MEET IWI LEADERS. HELEN CASTLES WAS THERE. THE NEW TREATY MINISTER EXTENDING THE HAND OF FRIENDSHIP TO NGAPUHI. FIX IT. BUT THEY WEREN'T MINCING THEIR WORDS. WE'VE BEEN TRODDEN ON, SHAT ON, SPAT ON AND THROWN INTO THE DUST. THE GOVERNMENT'S BEEN TRYING TO REACH A SETTLEMENT WITH THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST IWI FOR 25 YEARS. OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE CRYING OUT FOR A SETTLEMENT SO THEY CAN ADVANCE THEIR FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES AND PROSPECTS IN THEIR OWN LAND. IT'S TIPPED TO BE WORTH $250M, BUT DIVISIONS WITHIN NGAPUHI OVER WHO SHOULD CARRY OUT THE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE STOPPED PROGRESS. THE REASON WHY I, AS MINISTER OF TREATY NEGOTIATIONS, WANT A SETTLEMENT WITH NGAPUHI IS TO START THE RELATIONSHIP THAT MEANS WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO FIX THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE DESTROYING THE SPIRIT OF NGAPUHI. A FORMER LABOUR MINISTER OF MAORI AFFAIRS SENSES AN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY. IF YOU WANT PEOPLE TO NEGOTIATE, RING ME UP. BUT NO-ONE'S BUYING. SHUT UP, DOVER. NGAPUHI HAS MANY SUB-GROUPS, OR HAPU, AND SOME ARGUE INDIVIDUAL SETTLEMENTS ARE THE ONLY WAY FORWARD. HOWEVER, IWI LEADERS ARE OPTIMISTIC. ANDREW LITTLE HAS HAD PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN TERMS OF NEGOTIATION. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND LABOUR IS THAT NATIONAL WAS ESSENTIALLY TELLING NGAPUHI WHAT TO DO. THE MINISTER WILL START MEETING HAPU GROUPS NEXT MONTH. THE FIRST STEP IS TO SORT OUT THE VERY PRELIMINARY THING ` WHO'S GOING TO BE THE REPRESENTATIVES, HOW IS THAT REPRESENTATION GOING TO WORK? ANDREW LITTLE'S VISIT GIVING NGAPUHI SOME HOPE FOR PROGRESS. ALL SING: # WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE GOVERNMENT AND # WE'RE GONNA TAKE BACK WHAT THEY STOLE FROM US. # HELEN CASTLES, 1 NEWS. PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN PLAYED A ROLE IN AN AUCKLAND STAGE SHOW TODAY AS THE NARRATOR OF A CHILDREN'S FAIRY TALE. SERGEI PROKOFIEV'S FAMOUS PLAY PETER AND THE WOLF HAS BEEN ADAPTED BY THE SILO THEATRE FOR A NEW ZEALAND SETTING. MS ARDERN READ TO A SOLD OUT AUDIENCE, JOINED BY A CAST OF PUPPETS AND A SIX PIECE INDIE BAND. THERE WERE LOTS OF THINGS HE MISSED ABOUT HIS OLD HOME. MOSTLY HE MISSED HAVING FRIENDS. MS ARDERN'S PART OF A ROTATING CAST OF NARRATORS FOR THE SHOW'S ONE-MONTH RUN. THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE ROCK BAND ACDC, MALCOLM YOUNG, HAS DIED AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH DEMENTIA. THE RHYTHM GUITARIST FORMED THE BAND WITH HIS BROTHER ANGUS AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HITS SUCH AS 'HIGHWAY TO HELL' AND 'BACK IN BLACK' ` HITS WHICH HELPED THE BAND SELL MORE THAN 200 MILLION RECORDS WORLDWIDE. # BACK IN BLACK. # WELL, I'M BACK IN BLACK. # OH, YEAH. A POST ON THE GROUP'S FACEBOOK PAGE SAYS HE DIED PEACEFULLY ON SATURDAY SURROUNDED BY FAMILY. HE WAS 64. AN ANCIENT ROMAN TEMPLE IN LONDON, FIRST BUILT NEARLY 2000 YEARS AGO, AN ANCIENT ROMAN TEMPLE IN LONDON, FIRST BUILT NEARLY 2000 YEARS AGO, HAS OPENED TO THE PUBLIC. IT'S BEEN RESTORED AT IT'S ORIGINAL SITE, 7M BELOW STREET LEVEL. CHANNEL NINE'S MICHAEL BEST WENT TO SEE IT. IMAGINE ` LONDON LONG BEFORE THE BUSES, THE TAXIS, EVEN ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, WHERE PEOPLE WORSHIPPED A VERY DIFFERENT HIGHER BEING. IT'S DEDICATED TO A GOD CALLED MITHRAS. HE WAS THE GOD OF LIGHT. FOR THE ROMANS, WHO'S TEMPLE IN WHAT WAS LONDINIUM WAS BUILT IN AROUND 240 A.D. AND DISCOVERED IN THE BOMBED-OUT CITY DURING THE 1950s. ARCHIVE: THE REMAINS OF A ROMAN TEMPLE HAVE BEEN UNCOVERED NEAR THE MANSON HOUSE IN THE CITY OF LONDON. IT WAS THE ONLY ONE EVER FOUND WITHIN THE CITY. IT WAS HUGE NEWS. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE QUEUED FOR HOURS TO SEE IT BEFORE IT WAS MOVED AROUND 100M AWAY AND REBUILT. NOW THE TEMPLE'S BEEN SHIFTED AGAIN, UNDERNEATH THE NEW BLOOMBERG BUILDING, BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION. IT'S ONE OF THE BEST PRESERVED ROMAN BUILDINGS WE'VE EVER SEEN IN LONDON. AND BURIED BENEATH THE FLOOR WAS A CACHE OF AMAZING ROMAN SCULPTURES, INCLUDING THE HEAD OF MITHRAS. IT WAS A HUGE UNDERTAKING. FIRST, PAINSTAKINGLY PULLING APART THE OLD RECREATION, AND THEN PUTTING IT ALL BACK TOGETHER. IT TOOK 18 MONTHS AND NOW IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. FOR VISITORS HERE, THERE ARE SPECIAL EFFECTS ` HAZE, RECREATIONS OF THE CULT CHANTING ` TO GIVE A SENSE OF WHAT WORSHIP MAY HAVE BEEN LIKE INSIDE A DARK, WINDOWLESS TEMPLE 1800 YEARS AGO. THE RELIGION DIED OUT WITH THE ROMAN EMPIRE, BUT... YOU MIGHT SEE PARALLELS WITH MEN'S DINING CLUBS... SECRET MEN'S BUSINESS. YEAH, COS IT WAS AN ALL-MALE CULT. SO MUCH HAS CHANGED HERE IN 1800 YEARS, BUT MAYBE NOT EVERYTHING. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND THE KIWIS LEAGUE TEAM IN TATTERS. SO WHAT'S WORSE ` LOSING TO A FIJIAN SIDE, INCLUDING JUNIOR PLAYERS AND RESERVE GRADERS, OR THIS SORT OF REACTION FROM THE KIWIS AFTERWARDS? THE FANS, MEDIA ` YOU KNOW, YOUS GOT YOUR WAY. NEW ZEALAND LEAGUE BOSSES AND THE COACH RESPOND TONIGHT TO THE MOUNTAIN OF CRITICISM. PLUS, A NASTY FRIGHT IN EDINBURGH. THE SCOTS ALMOST DO A FIJI OF THEIR OWN AS THE WALLABIES COACH GOES OFF THE DEEP END IN LONDON. AND AS HAYDEN PADDON FLIES ACROSS THE DITCH, THE PRICELESS AUSSIE REACTION. HOW LONG HAVE YOU WAITED FOR THIS? TOO LONG. ALL THE LATEST FROM THE LAST ROUND OF THE WRC NEXT. THE GAME OF RUGBY LEAGUE IN NEW ZEALAND APPEARS TO HAVE HIT A NEW LOW, AFTER THE SHOCK DEFEAT TO FIJI. TO START WITH, KIWIS COACH DAVID KIDWELL ISN'T SURE WHETHER HE'LL CARRY ON AFTER BEING DUMPED OUT OF THE WORLD CUP QUARTERFINALS. AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW BEGINS NEXT WEEK, WITH KIDWELL'S BOSS NOW ADMITTING THE LOSS IS DAMAGING TO THE SPORT. MATT MANUKIA REPORTS. TEARS OF JOY AFTER SLAYING WHAT FIJI THOUGHT WAS A GIANT. OH, MATE, I'M SO LOST FOR WORDS. I JUST HAVE TO THANK GOD IN THIS MOMENT. TEARS OF ANOTHER KIND FOR THE KIWIS, WHO ARE NO LONGER ONE OF THE MOST FEARED SIDES IN THE WORLD. I GUESS I'M PROUD TO BE KIWI. THAT'S WHY I'M EMOTIONAL. THIS COULD BE THE END OF DAVID KIDWELL'S TIME AS KIWIS COACH. BUT HE ISN'T EVEN SURE HE WANTS TO CONTINUE. I JUST HAVE TO REALLY... SIT DOWN AND THINK ABOUT... DO I WANNA CARRY ON WITH WHAT WE'VE STARTED HERE? THE LEVEL OF EXPECTATION WASN'T PARTICULARLY HIGH, BUT IT WAS CERTAINLY HIGHER THAN THIS. FIJI GET AN ERROR. HERE GOES. OH, RAPANA'S DROPPED THE BALL. ERROR AFTER ERROR, THE KIWIS PUT THEMSELVES UNDER PRESSURE. BY HALFTIME, THE WRITING WAS ON THE WALL. THE KIWIS NEED TO STAND UP HERE. OTHERWISE, THEY'RE GONNA BE KNOWN AS PROBABLY ONE OF THE WORST KIWI TEAMS THAT WE'VE EVER HAD. THOSE FEARS WERE CONFIRMED 40 MINUTES LATER. I GUESS THE MOST DISAPPOINTING THING FOR ME IS THAT, EVERYONE WHO DOUBTED US ` THE FANS, MEDIA... YOUSE GOT YOUR WAY. FIJI HAS STAR POWER, BUT ALSO PLAYERS WHO HAVEN'T MADE THE NRL OR EVEN RESERVE GRADE. WE'VE GOT SOME UNDER-20'S PLAYERS IN OUR SQUAD; WE'VE GOT SOME MASSEY CUP PLAYERS IN OUR SQUAD; WE'VE GOT STATE CUP PLAYERS IN OUR SQUAD. NEW ZEALAND RUGBY LEAGUE WILL APPOINT AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW PANEL NEXT WEEK, AND EVERYONE'S JOBS WILL COME UNDER THE MICROSCOPE. EVERYONE IS DISAPPOINTED WITH THE RESULTS. SO YOU COULD SAY THAT THE BRAND HAS BEEN DAMAGED. AS IT STANDS, THEIR POLICY IS THAT ANY COACH MUST BE A KIWI, BUT THAT TOO WILL COME UNDER REVIEW. FOR THE NEW STAFFING STRUCTURE FOR NEXT YEAR'S INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN. THE KIWIS ARE LEFT WONDERING HOW THEY SUFFERED THEIR WORST-EVER WORLD CUP FINISH. MATT MANUKIA, 1 NEWS. THE AUCKLAND SEMI-FINAL MANY THOUGHT THE KIWIS WOULD PLAY IN WILL BE CONTESTED BY TONGA AND THE WINNER OF TODAY'S QUARTER-FINAL BETWEEN ENGLAND AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA. ENGLAND STORMING OUT TO AN EARLY LEAD THROUGH WINGER JERMAINE MCGILLVRY. This is trouble. Oh, what a pass! Over in the corner for England. FRESH OFF THEIR WIN OVER LEBANON IN CHRISTCHURCH, TONGA ARRIVED IN AUCKLAND THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WERE NO FANS IN SIGHT AS THE TEAM TRAVELLED BEHIND A POLICE ESCORT. IF THE LEAGUE UPSET WASN'T ENOUGH, THE ALL BLACKS HAVE COME CLOSE TO SUFFERING THEIR FIRST-EVER LOSS TO SCOTLAND. IN THE END THE ALL BLACKS WON 22-17 IN EDINBURGH. BUT DISCIPLINE WAS AGAIN A KEY CONCERN. OVERALL THE PASSIONATE SCOTS MISSED A FEW OPPORTUNITIES, BUT NEW ZEALAND STRUCK WHEN NEEDED. IF THE SCOTS NEEDED ANY EXTRA MOTIVATION, THE SIGHT OF ONE OF THEIR GREATS, DODDIE WEIR, PRE-MATCH CERTAINLY WORKED. (CROWD CHEERS) WEIR, WHO HAS MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE, PRESENTED THE MATCH BALL. IN A FITTING TRIBUTE, THE FLYING SCOTS HAD THE EARLY CLEAR-CUT CHANCES. STUART HOGG SHOWING GREAT PACE. AND CORNELL DU PREEZ. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE ALL BLACKS BARELY ENTERED THE SCOTTISH 22 IN THE FIRST SPELL. THEY INITIALLY LOOKED OFF-KEY. ONCE TEMPO WAS FOUND, UNLIKE THE SCOTS, THEY DID TAKE THEIR CHANCES. HERE'S IOANE IN A BIT OF SPACE. OUT IT GOES TO TAYLOR. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE HAMMER WENT DOWN. A LINEOUT DRIVE SAW SONNY BILL'S NEW KICKING GAME COME OUT AGAIN. AND THE TRY SCORED BY DAMIAN MCKENZIE. 15-3 UP, IT LOOKED LIKE THE OBLIGATORY SCOTTISH GATES WOULD OPEN, BUT THE ALL BLACKS' ILL DISCIPLINE RETURNED UNDER PRESSURE, CONCEDING NEARLY 20 PENALTIES, TWO YELLOW CARDS AND POINTS WHEN DOWN A MAN. NOW HERE'S GRAY. GRAY STRETCHES OUT. (WHISTLE BLOWS) WHILE SOME ALL BLACK AREAS LOOKED SHAKY, THE SCRUM AGAIN HELPED LAUNCH THEM CLEAR. GOT IT AWAY BEAUTIFULLY TO MCKENZIE. HE LINKS UP WITH BEAUDEN BARRETT. OH, THAT'S MAGNIFICENT. (WHISTLE BLOWS) SO WAS SONNY BILL'S SIGNATURE OFFLOAD. A SECOND YELLOW FOR MORE INFRINGING AND THE SCOTS AND THEIR NEW-FOUND ATTACK LAID ON A STUNNER. HERE'S HOGG. KEEPS IT IN CLEVERLY. SEYMOUR. OH, THIS IS OUTSTANDING. HUW JONES SCORES. IF IT WASN'T FOR BEAUDEN BARRETT, THE SCOTS, MISSING SEVERAL BIG NAMES, MIGHT'VE PULLED OFF A FAMOUS VICTORY. STUART HOGG ` OH, JUST ABOUT GOT IT BACK INFIELD. MAN OF THE MATCH HOGG A PASS AWAY FROM BECOMING A NEW SCOTTISH HERO. 22-17, YET ANOTHER ALL BLACK SCARE IN WHAT'S BEEN A SEASON OF UPS AND DOWNS. SO, BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT FOR THE SCOTS ` THEY'RE SURE TO BE SICK OF THE 'BRAVE' OR 'PLUCKY' TAG THAT STILL HANGS AROUND THEIR NECK. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT JOY REID WAS IN EDINBURGH. THE SCOTTISH FOUGHT FROM THE FIRST WHISTLE TO THE FINAL MINUTE. PROUD WOULD BE THE MAJOR EMOTION. I THINK THE EFFORT AND ABILITY SHOWN BY THE PLAYERS THROUGHOUT THE GAME WAS OUTSTANDING.. WHILE THE SCORE WASN'T ON THEIR SIDE, THEY SURE GAVE THE ALL BLACKS A FRIGHT. EVERYONE BACK HOME WAS TELLING US THEY WERE GETTING BORED WITH US BEING DOMINANT. WELL,... THEY'LL JUST HAVE TO GO AWAY AND HAVE A CUP OF TEA AND THINK ABOUT THAT. THE ALL BLACKS REFLECTING ON AN OUT-OF-SYNC OPENING HALF. IT WASN'T A SKILLS THING. IT WAS PROBABLY JUST 5% OFF MAYBE ATTITUDINALLY, REALLY, AND IT JUST MADE IT HARDER FOR OURSELVES. BUT THE TRIES DID START COMING IN THE SECOND HALF. AND IT GOES TO TAYLOR! JUST A MEAT PIE. JUST HANGING ON THE EDGE. JUST DOING MY JOB. THEY PLAYED THE LAST 20 MINUTES WITH 14 PLAYERS AND STILL SCORED. AND 14 MINUTES LATER, IT WAS BEAUDEN BARRETT WHO THWARTED SCOTLAND'S LAST DITCH ATTEMPTS AT A WIN. THERE WAS ONE POINT WHERE I THOUGHT I GAVE HIM TOO MUCH ON THE OUTSIDE, AND I WAS A BIT WORRIED, BUT I WAS RELIEVED TO SEE THE OUTCOME AS IT WAS. TOOK A SPECIAL PLAYER TO STOP A SPECIAL PLAYER. I THOUGHT HOGG WAS PRETTY GOOD TONIGHT. BUT IT BROKE THE HOST'S HEARTS, WHO TRULY BELIEVED THEY WERE FINALLY ON THE VERGE OF MAKING HISTORY. HUGELY GUTTED. WAS ON THE BRINK OF SOMETHING BLOODY SPECIAL, WASN'T IT. THE BOYS ARE DEVASTATED WITH THAT. THE SCOTS HAVE LEFT THEIR MARK ON THE ABS, THOUGH, ENDING LUKE ROMANO'S NORTHERN TOUR WITH A FOOT INJURY AND POSSIBLY STAR WINGER RIEKO IOANE'S TOO, WITH A SHOULDER INJURY. AND SHOWING THAT NORTHERN HEMISPHERE RUGBY IS TO BE RESPECTED. JOY REID, 1 NEWS, EDINBURGH. WALLABIES COACH MICHAEL CHEIKA HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF CALLING OFFICIALS CHEATS DURING HIS SIDE'S CONTROVERSY-FILLED DEFEAT AT TWICKENHAM. AUSTRALIA HAD TWO TRIES RULED OUT BY THE TMO, WHILE ENGLAND HAD THIS CONTENTIOUS ONE GIVEN AFTER IT WAS RULED THE BALL HAD STAYED IN THE FIELD OF PLAY. BUT IT'S CHEIKA'S RANT CAUGHT ON CAMERA IN THE FIRST HALF THAT'S UPSET A FEW PEOPLE FOLLOWING KIWI REFEREE BEN O'KEEFFE'S SEEMINGLY CLEAR-CUT DECISION TO RULE OUT MICHAEL HOOPER'S TRY FOR OFFSIDE. THE WALLABIES COACH STILL SEETHING AFTER THE MATCH. I'M TRYING TO HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITHOUT GETTING STUCK INTO THAT, AND YOU WANT TO TRY AND KEEP MAKING IT` NO, NO, DON'T SAY YOU'RE NOT. HAVE THE RESPECT FOR ME TO SAY, I ' AM DOING THAT', AT LEAST. MAYBE I DID SWEAR, I DON'T KNOW, ALL RIGHT? IT HAPPENS SOMETIMES IN LIFE ` I'M SURE YOU HAVE AS WELL. MAYBE THE TV CAMERA WASN'T ON YOU AT THE TIME. THE 30 POINTS TO 6 LOSS, A RECORD MARGIN AND AUSTRALIA'S FIFTH-STRAIGHT DEFEAT TO ENGLAND. THE BREAKERS HAVE EXTENDED THEIR LEAD ATOP THE NBL LADDER THANKS TO THEIR NINTH WIN IN A ROW, THIS TIME OVER THE BRISBANE BULLETS IN AUCKLAND. THE HOSTS STRUGGLED EARLY AFTER KIRK PENNEY WAS RULED OUT JUST BEFORE TIPOFF WITH A BACK INJURY, BUT ROARED INTO LIFE FROM THREE-POINT RANGE IN THE SECOND HALF TO EVENTUALLY WIN 90-82. TRANSITION FOR THREE. IT SWUNG IN THE FAVOUR OF THE BREAKERS. YEAH, AFTER A SLOW START IN THE FIRST HALF. YOU KNOW, WE HAD ABOUT A WEEK OFF ` WE WERE ALL A LITTLE RUSTY. WE KNEW THAT IN THE SECOND HALF, WE HAD TO PICK UP THE EFFORT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID. THE LEAGUE NOW TAKES A BREAK FOR A WEEK DURING WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS. HAYDEN PADDON CALLS IT THE MOST DIFFICULT YEAR OF HIS LIFE, BUT TODAY HIS WRC SEASON FINISHED ON A HIGH, CLAIMING A PODIUM FINISH AT THE RALLY OF AUSTRALIA NEAR COFF'S HARBOUR. THE KIWI LOOKED ODDS-ON TO FINISH FOURTH OVERALL AFTER A SOLID SHOWING IN THE FINAL STAGE, UNTIL A MISTAKE FROM FINLAND'S JARI-MATTI LATVALA GIFTED PADDON THE UPGRADE. OH, HE'S OFF, HE'S OFF, HE'S OFF! NO, NO, NO. OBVIOUSLY, UNFORTUNATE FOR JARI. IT'S NOT THE WAY WE WANT TO GET A PODIUM. HASN'T REALLY BEEN A GREAT WEEKEND FOR US, BUT TO PICK UP A PODIUM IS CERTAINLY A HUGE SURPRISE. AND IT'S NICE AFTER THE YEAR, SO, YEAH, SOME POSITIVE. BUT THE DAY HAS TO BELONG TO COFF'S HARBOUR LOCAL NATHAN QUINN IN THEIR MITSUBISHI EVO HE CALLS SHIRLEY, THE 31-YEAR-OLD CLAIMING HIS FIRST, LONG-AWAITED NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. NATHAN, I THINK THIS BELIEVES YOU ARE AUSTRALIAN RALLY CHAMPION 2017. HOW BIG IS THIS? IT'S GOOD. PUT IT INTO WORDS FOR US, COME ON. GOT NO WORDS AT THE MOMENT. HOW LONG HAVE YOU WAITED FOR THIS? VOICE BREAKS: TOO LONG. AND SPOT THE FACIAL HAIR ` OF THE STARS OF THE 1990s, LIKE OUR OWN LATE GREAT POSSUM BOURNE. THE MO IS A DEDICATION TO HIM AMONG OTHERS. MANCHESTER CITY REMAIN EIGHT POINTS CLEAR AT THE TOP OF THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE AFTER A DOMINANT 2-0 WIN OVER LEICESTER. THE HOME SIDE WERE LEFT TO STAND AND WATCH AS CITY COMBINED FOR SOME SUPERB SLICK PASSING TO SCORE RIGHT ON HALFTIME, BEFORE A WONDER GOAL FROM BELGIAN KEVIN DE BRUYNE DOUBLED THEIR LEAD. HERE'S DE BRUYNE. OH, WHAT A STRIKE! WHAT A FANTASTIC STRIKE FROM KEVIN DE BRUYNE. CROSS-TOWN RIVALS UNITED WERE JUST AS CLINICAL, PUTTING FOUR PAST NEWCASTLE AS THEY SET A CLUB RECORD OF 38 GAMES UNBEATEN AT OLD TRAFFORD. THERE IS RASHFORD AND POGBA. MATA. LUKAKU. HERE'S HIS CHANCE. THE END OF A SEVEN-GAME DROUGHT. IN THE NORTH LONDON DERBY, LUCKY ARSENAL CLOSED TO WITHIN A POINT OF FOURTH PLACE TOTTENHAM AFTER THEIR 2-0 WIN. THE RESULT ALSO GIVING ARSENAL ITS FIRST LEAGUE VICTORY OVER SPURS IN THREE YEARS. Hectic sporting weekend. Still getting over that Kiwis loss. RENEE'S HERE WITH THE WEATHER NEXT. PLUS, WE MEET THE CANTERBURY COUPLE WHO'RE PROVIDING AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMME WITH A BIG DIFFERENCE. HELLO AGAIN. ITS BEEN A LOVELY WEEKEND FOR SOUTHERN SPOTS BUT RAIN AND CLOUD AND STRONG WINDS FOR PARTS OF THE NORTH. WE CAN SEE IT HERE, CLOUDY OVER MUCH OF THE NORTH ISLAND THANKS TO A LOW NORTHEAST OF THE ISLAND AND ASSOCIATED RAIN-BEARING FRONTS. BUT CLEAR OVER THE SOUTH ISLAND UNDER A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. AND THERE'S LOTS OF CLEAR SKY OVER THE TASMAN SEA TOO UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A LARGE HIGH. SO THE LOW AND ASSOCIATED FRONTAL FEATURES CENTRED NORTHEAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND, WEAKEN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AS THE PULL AWAY TO THE SOUTHEAST. MEANWHILE, A LARGE HIGH CENTRED OVER THE SOUTH TASMAN SEA SPREADS A RIDGE OVER THE COUNTRY. THE HIGH SLOWLY DRIFTS EAST OVER THE COUNTRY LATER THIS WEEK. RAIN EASES OVER GISBORNE AND CLEARS HAWKES BAY BY MIDDAY, HOWEVER A FEW SPOTS RETURN OVER HAWKES BAY AGAIN FROM EVENING. CLOUDY PERIODS IN THE NORTH WITH ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS IN THE WEST. FINE FOR EVERYONE ELSE AND SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS. CLOUDY OVER THE FAR SOUTH WITH PATCHY DRIZZLE NEAR THE COAST BUT MAINLY FINE ELSEWHERE. HOWEVER ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS POP UP OVER INLAND AREAS. LIGHT WINDS, BUT SOUTHERLIES ABOUT THE SOUTH AND EAST COASTS. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ. AND THAT'S YOUR WEATHER. TAKE CARE AND HAVE A GREAT WEEK. TONIGHT'S GOODSORTS ARE KAY AND PHIL WORTHINGTON. FOR EIGHT YEARS THEY'VE BEEN TAKING SCHOOL KIDS UNDER THEIR WING AND SHOWING THEM HOW TO TRAIN AND CARE FOR FARM ANIMALS. HADYN JONES WENT ALONG TO MEET THE PAIR. COME ON, HONEY. SATIN IS RELUCTANTLY READY FOR A MAKEOVER. BARKER THE BULL AND GEORGIA CAN'T DECIDE WHO'S BOSS. I TRY TO BE. IT IS A BIT OF AN ARM WRESTLE GOING ON THERE. THEY'RE HERE FOR A HAIRCUT. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY COMPLAINTS YET. AND FOR SHOW TOMORROW. GONNA DO LOTS OF THINGS WITH COMBOVERS. HANG ON TO HIM THERE. THAT'S KATE WORTHINGTON, GOODSORT. ACCENTUATING THEIR GOOD POINTS AND MAYBE HIDING ANY BAD POINTS. OK. LET'S GO. KAy AND HER HUSBAND PHIL ARE IN CHARGE OF A DOZEN KIDS FROM THE RANGIORA HIGH SCHOOL, WHO ARE HANDLING ANIMALS MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES BIGGER THAN THEM. WE'VE GOT AS MANY PERSONALITIES IN THE CATTLE AS WE HAVE IN THE KIDS. IT WORKS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN TOGETHER MONTHS. PROBABLY START OF AUGUST. SOMETIMES YEARS. LONGEST RELATIONSHIP YET. (LAUGHS) SPENDING AFTERNOONS AFTER SCHOOL AND SUNDAYS WORKING WITH THEIR ANIMAL AT PHIL AND KAY'S FARM. IT IS VERY REWARDING TO SEE THE KIDS GROW IN CONFIDENCE. IT STARTED EIGHT YEARS AGO. WE THOUGHT OF IT TOGETHER. PHIL AND KAY HAD AN IDEA. KAY WAS WORRIED. YOU WANNA TAKE SOMEONE ELSE'S CHILDREN AND YOUNG CATTLE AND PUT THEM IN A PUBLIC SPACE ` WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG (?) BUT THEY DECIDED TO SHOW CATTLE WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOL KIDS ANYWAY. HOME SOMETIMES. BUT NO, I MEAN, IT'S BEEN REWARDING FOR US JUST TO GET TO KNOW SOME OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE. PHIL AND KAY ` THEY'RE REALLY AWESOME. THEY'RE AMAZING. YEAH, NO, THERE ARE LOTS OF CUDDLES. TODAY THEY'RE AT THE CANTERBURY A&P SHOWGROUNDS. AT THE MOMENT EVERYTHING'S NEW, SO THE THING THAT'S FAMILIAR ARE THE YOUNG HANDLERS THAT THEY'VE BEEN USED TO. TOMORROW THEY'LL BE IN THE RING, SHOWING THEIR ANIMAL. SO THIS IS WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL IN RUGBY TERMS A CAPTAIN'S RUN. THE ANIMALS AND THEIR HANDLERS, OR THE PARADERS, COME OUT HERE. THEY GET USED TO THE CONDITIONS. IT'S A DAY BEFORE THE BIG COMPETITION. DO YOU WANT ONE, RYAN? PHIL AND KAY ARE FORMER JOURNALISTS. THEY NEVER GOT ROUND TO HAVING CHILDREN, SO TREAT THESE KIDS AS THEIR OWN. THESE ARE OUR FAMILY. NEXT MORNING THERE'S HAIR-STYLING, FEET ARE CLEANED AND POLISHED, THEN IT'S TIME TO SHOW OFF THE ANIMAL, AND THERE'S SKILL IN GETTING IT AROUND THE RING. THEY GET RIBBONS,... WE WON. (CHUCKLES) ...BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, LEARN ABOUT DEALING WITH ANIMALS ` EVEN OTHER HUMANS. WELL, IT JUST SHOWS YOU THAT IF YOU'RE NOT KIND TO IT, IT'S NOT GONNA BE KIND TO YOU. THAT'S IT, GIRLS. AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT MESSAGE PHIL AND KAY WORTHINGTON WANT TO PASS ON. WELL DONE. HADYN JONES,... (COW MOOS) ...1 NEWS. AND YOU CAN CHECK OUT GOODSORTS ON OUR WEBSITE, WHERE YOU CAN CATCH UP WITH ALL OUR GOODSORTS, NOMINATE SOMEONE AND SEE BEHIND-THE-SCENES FOOTAGE. JUST GO TO 1NEWSNOW.CO.NZ/GOODSORTS. AND THAT'S THE NEWS HOUR FOR SUNDAY. REMEMBER YOU CAN KEEP RIGHT UP TO DATE WITH ANY DEVELOPMENTS ON OUR STORIES TONIGHT ON OUR WEBSITE ` 1NEWSNOW.CO.NZ. FROM THE 6 O'CLOCK TEAM, GOOD NIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JEAN TENG AND CATHERINE DE CHALAIN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017