HELLO. MOTHER NATURE CONTINUES TO SLOWLY NOTCH UP THE THERMOSTAT. THE HEAT TODAY ` LOWER 30S; 32 DEGREES TODAY. GET USED TO IT ` THERE IS MORE OF THE SAME TO COME. HIGH PRESSURE SITTING IN PLACE; ANY MOISTURE IN SIGHT? NOT REALLY. ALL THE DETAILS COMING UP; RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. CAPTIONS BY JULIE TAYLOR AND SHRUTIKA GUNANAYAGAM. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017 SAVE WATER, OR IT COULD RUN OUT VERY SOON ` AN URGENT WARNING FOR NAPIER. WE LOOK AT WHAT'S CAUSING THE WATER SHORTAGE. HANGING LOOSE AT THE BEACH ` SIZZLING TEMPERATURES SEND KIWIS TO THE WATER UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY. HOW LONG WILL THE SCORCHING WEATHER CONTINUE? AND BOOM ` HOWZAT?! THAT'S IT ` (APPLAUSE, CHEERING) OVER AND DONE WITH. A RESOUNDING WIN FOR THE BLACK CAPS IN THE FIRST TEST OF SUMMER. KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. BUT WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A DIRE WARNING IN NAPIER ` CONSERVE WATER RIGHT NOW, OR IT COULD RUN OUT AS EARLY AS TONIGHT. OFFICIALS SAY RESERVOIRS IN THE HAWKE'S BAY CITY OF MORE THAN 61,000 HAVE DROPPED TO CRITICALLY LOW LEVELS. THE SIZZLING WEATHER HASN'T HELPED, AND 1 NEWS METEOROLOGIST DAN CORBETT TELLS US WHETHER IT'S SET TO CONTINUE SHORTLY. FIRST, LET'S GO LIVE TO OUR HAWKE'S-BAY-BASED REPORTER, SEAN HOGAN. WHAT'S GOING ON, SEAN? What you alluded to here is that dry weather has really increased the significant water usage. It has dropped reservoir levels to what has been described as the lowest levels in recent history. At the moment it has been emptied faster than it can be replenished. It is creating a water shortage. People are living in their sprinklers on overnight to water the garden. The demand usually tapers off when it gets dark. We have all night to recover those levels back up to full before the morning. What we have experienced over the last couple of nights is that it has not happened. The demand for water has carried on throughout the night. SO WHAT KIND OF WATER RESTRICTIONS ARE RESIDENTS FACING, SEAN? There has been a band on and hoses to be used outside. The council says if these warnings are not heeded, they could have the possibility of enforcing a bylaw. They do not want to have to do that. Normal water usage around the house is fine. There has also been reports tonight of black water coming out of pipes. The pipes are being flushed to make sure they hopefully one lesson. At the moment the message is to be careful and conserve your usage. THANKS. SEAN HOGAN IN NAPIER. AS WE'VE MENTIONED, THE HOT WEATHER ISN'T HELPING THE SITUATION. TO TELL US WHAT THE HAWKE'S BAY REGION'S EXPECTING, LET'S GO TO DAN CORBETT. It is not good news in the short term. Let's run through the next few days. When there is a blocking high sitting there, that is not good news. Through Wednesday and Thursday, there may be a few interior showers to the central plateau. By Friday, the same sort of thing. By the weekend, some subtle changes. What does that mean for Napier? Nothing in the short term. We might get something by Saturday and Sunday. The only then it will only be a couple of millimetres. It will be quite a dry week. CRACKS ARE SHOWING IN THE NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT AS NEW ZEALAND FIRST PUSHES FOR WORK FOR THE DOLE SCHEMES. REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTER SHANE JONES SAYS THERE'LL BE NO MORE SITTING ON THE COUCH FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ON BENEFITS. BUT THE DETAIL OF HOW SUCH SCHEMES WOULD WORK AND WHETHER THEY SHOULD COME WITH PENALTIES COULD CREATE TENSION. POLITICAL REPORTER KATIE BRADFORD WITH MORE. THE 1991 SO-CALLED 'MOTHER OF ALL BUDGETS' SAW NATIONAL INTRODUCE A CONTROVERSIAL 'WORK FOR THE DOLE' SCHEME AIMED AT GETTING THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE OFF BENEFITS. NOW REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTER SHANE JONES HAS CREATED A STIR BY SUGGESTING HE WANTS TO REPEAT HISTORY. THEY'LL BE MADE TO GO TO WORK, MADE TO GO TO WORK, AND WHERE IT'S NECESSARY TO PAY THEM... HE HOPES MANY OF THOSE JOBS WILL BE IN NORTHLAND, WHERE THE 7.3% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE'S AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY. MR JONES SUGGESTS PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN ON THE DOLE FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS SHOULD GET THEIR HANDS DIRTY PLANTING TREES OR WORKING IN REGIONAL TOURISM SCHEMES, BUT THERE'RE CONCERNS OVER EXACTLY HOW IT WOULD WORK. WE'VE GOT HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE AN INDUSTRY WITH GOOD EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS IN IT. LET'S DO THAT AND BRING THAT TO PEOPLE WHO WANT WORK RATHER THAN FORCING PEOPLE AGAINST THEIR WILL. IN WHANGAREI TODAY PEOPLE WERE DIVIDED OVER THE IDEA OF A NEW 'WORK FOR THE DOLE' SCHEME. IF THEY DON'T WANNA WORK, DON'T GIVE 'EM ANY MONEY. (CHUCKLES GENTLY) IT'S A GREAT IDEA, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD INCENTIVE. ARE YOU JUST PUTTING SOMEONE IN A JOB THAT MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR THE JOB? THE PRIME MINISTER INSISTS ANY SUCH PROJECT WOULD PAY THE MINIMUM WAGE, AND THERE COULD BE FURTHER DISAGREEMENT WITHIN THE COALITION GOVERNMENT. SHANE JONES BELIEVES THERE SHOULD BE PENALTIES IF PEOPLE DON'T TAKE UP OFFERS OF WORK, BUT THE GREENS WANT EVEN EXISTING SANCTIONS REMOVED, WHILE JACINDA ARDERN'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEAVY-HANDEDNESS OF SOME OF THOSE PENALTIES. SANCTIONS ALREADY EXIST WITHIN OUR WELFARE SYSTEM, AND THE DISCUSSION THAT CABINET WILL HAVE IS HOW THEY APPLY IN THE SPECIFIC PROGRAMME. YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE PARALYSIS BECAUSE THE LABOUR PARTY'S TRYING TO SQUARE THE CIRCLE OF NO SANCTIONS AT ALL FROM THE GREENS AND NZ FIRST WANTING TO HAVE SOME OBLIGATIONS ON THESE PEOPLE. THERE ARE ALREADY MANY TAXPAYER-FUNDED REGIONAL YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SCHEMES, SO WOULD LABOUR BE LOOKING AT AN EXTENSION OF THOSE? SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE WE'RE TARGETING ARE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE SEEN HIGHER LEVELS OF UNEMPLOYMENT WHERE WE ALSO NEED TO SEE INVESTMENT IN REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES. BUT NO PROPOSALS HAVE OFFICIALLY BEEN TAKEN TO CABINET, AND AS THEY SAY, THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAIL. SO, KATIE, IS THIS A SIGN OF DIVISIONS WITHIN THE COALITION GOVERNMENT? Shane Jones almost threw the idea out there yesterday. Jacinda Ardern has had to spend the day clarifying the position, hosing parts of it down. The big issue is around the area of sanctions or penalties. What it shows other competing interests Jacinda now has to deal with. The parties have different interests on issues like this. No papers have yet gone to Cabinet. Shane Jones hope to take some before Christmas. How the different ministers get their views across, how they feel about it ` this is the first issue like this. This is the first issue like this for Jacinda Ardern to deal with in this government. Should see more of this over the next few weeks. THANKS, KATIE. A NEW REPORT WARNS NZ IS ON THE BRINK OF A HEALTHCARE CRISIS, PREDICTING A BIG SHORTAGE OF AGED-CARE WORKERS FOR AN AGING POPULATION, BUT GOVERNMENT SAYS INCOMING CHANGES TO IMMIGRATION AND WORKING VISA LAWS WILL COMBAT THE INDUSTRY SHORTAGE. EMILY COOPER HAS MORE. IT'S NOT THE EASIEST JOB, BUT THOSE IN THE INDUSTRY SAY IT'S REWARDING. IT IS THIS FEELING OF, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO COME TO WORK, LOOKING FORWARD COMING TO WORK, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY. BUT A REPORT RELEASED TODAY BY THE SALVATION ARMY PAINTS A GRIM PICTURE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF AGED-CARE WORK. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, UP TO 18,000 MORE WORKERS COULD BE NEEDED TO MEET THE RISE IN DEMAND FOR RESIDENTIAL AGED CARE OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, AND WHILE IT'S A NATIONWIDE ISSUE, THE REPORT SAYS AUCKLAND IS A PARTICULAR PROBLEM, WITH 71% OF REGISTERED AGED-CARE NURSES ALREADY TRAINED OVERSEAS AND MORE THAN A QUARTER ON TEMPORARY VISAS. IF NOTHING CHANGES, WE'RE LIKELY TO SEE IT INCREASINGLY MORE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO GET INTO AGED-CARE FACILITIES AS THEY REACH THE END OF THEIR LIVES. PRODUCED BY THE SALVATION ARMY AND AUCKLAND RETIREMENT HOME ST ANDREW'S VILLAGE, THE REPORT RECOMMENDS A LONG-TERM IMMIGRATION PLAN. THE SALVATION ARMY SAYS THE AGED-CARE SECTOR HASN'T BEEN LOOKED AT BY PREVIOUS GOVERNMENTS AND THE NEW GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO RELAX THE CURRENT POLICY AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE SKILLS SHORTAGE. YES, WE DO THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE PLANNING AND MORE SUPPORT FOR INDUSTRIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THE WORKERS THAT THEY NEED. THE UNION REPRESENTING WORKERS SAYS PAY IS STILL THE BIGGEST DISINCENTIVE... HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING, LOVE? ...AND BETTER INVESTMENT WILL GROW THE WORKFORCE. STAFFING LEVELS ARE TOO LOW; FUNDING'S TOO LOW, AND EVEN WITH THE PAY EQUITY SETTLEMENT, THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT PAID AS WELL AS THEY COULD BE. ED HAS ENJOYED WORKING IN THE INDUSTRY FOR 12 YEARS BUT SAYS THE VISA PROCESS HAS BEEN DIFFICULT. YOU HAVE TO PROVE YOURSELF EVERY TIME. YOU ALMOST HAVE TO DEFEND YOURSELF. BUT IT'S A JOB HE LOVES. I WANTED TO DO IT, AND REGARDLESS OF THE STRUGGLE AND THE CHALLENGES THAT, YOU KNOW, GOES WITH IT, I'M STILL HERE. CHALLENGES IT'S HOPED WILL BE ADDRESSED BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. EMILY COOPER, 1 NEWS. A TEAM OF AROUND 40 POLICE AND SEARCH-AND-RESCUE STAFF SPENT A THIRD DAY SCOURING A NORTH CANTERBURY RIVERBANK FOR A WOMAN (20). EMMA BEATTIE WAS LAST SEEN ON FRIDAY NIGHT, WITH THE SEARCH AREA NOW NARROWED TO THE ASHLEY RIVER AREA. TEAMS ARE FOCUSING ON BUILDINGS, PROPERTIES AND HEDGES AND HAVE USED DRONES, A SEARCH-AND-RESCUE DOG AND HELICOPTER. IT'S RIVERBED COUNTRY ` REALLY HEAVILY GORSED, BLACKBERRY FOR THE SEARCHERS TO PUSH THROUGH. REAL CONCERNS FOR HER WELL BEING. WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HER, AND THERE'S BEEN NO SIGHTINGS OF HER SINCE WE'VE BEEN SEARCHING. POLICE ARE URGING ANYONE WHO'S SEEN EMMA BEATTIE OR KNOWS WHERE SHE IS TO CONTACT THEM IMMEDIATELY. THE RISK OF WAR WITH NORTH KOREA IS GROWING DAILY, ACCORDING TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR. THIS COMES AS THE U.S. AND SOUTH KOREAN FORCES CARRY OUT THE LARGEST-EVER JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE IN THE REGION. THE BBC'S LAURA BICKER REPORTS. (THRUSTERS ROAR) WEAPONS EXPERTS HAVE DESCRIBED THE LATEST NORTH KOREAN MISSILE AS A BEAST CAPABLE OF STRIKING THE US MAINLAND. THERE WERE CELEBRATIONS IN PYONGYANG ` A STAGED EVENT ` TO DECLARE THAT NUCLEAR NATION WAS BECOMING A NUCLEAR NATION. THIS IS SOMETHING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS SAID IT WILL NOT ACCEPT. THE GREATEST IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES... SPEAKING AT A DEFENCE FORUM, THE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER HAD THIS WARNING ` WE KNOW CHINA HAS TREMENDOUS COERCIVE ECONOMIC POWER OVER NORTH KOREA. I MEAN, YOU CAN'T SHOOT A MISSILE WITHOUT FUEL, RIGHT? AND SO THERE ARE WAYS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. SHORT OF ARMED CONFLICT, BUT IT IS A RACE, BECAUSE HE'S GETTING CLOSE AND CLOSER, AND THERE'S NOT MUCH TIME LEFT. THE U.S. IS KEEPING A SHOW OF FORCE IN THE KOREAN PENINSULA, AND STEALTH FIGHTERS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO THE REGION AS PART OF THE LARGEST AIR EXERCISE EVER HELD WITH SOUTH KOREA. THEY'VE BEEN DUBBED AS 'WAR GAMES'. BUT ON NORTH KOREAN TELEVISION, THEY DESCRIBED THE DRILLS AS A GRAVE PROVOCATION. THE U.S. HAS MADE IT CLEAR IT DOES NOT WANT WAR WITH NORTH KOREA, BUT KIM JONG-UN HAS CONTINUED TO BUILD MISSILES, AND SANCTIONS HAVE NOT STOPPED HIM. THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS RUNNING OUT OF DIPLOMATIC OPTIONS. I'M GONNA URGE THE PENTAGON NOT TO SEND ANY MORE DEPENDENTS TO SOUTH KOREA. SOUTH KOREA SHOULD BE AN UNACCOMPANIED TOUR. IT'S CRAZY TO SEND SPOUSES AND CHILDREN TO SOUTH KOREA, GIVEN THE PROVOCATION OF NORTH KOREA. (JAUNTY MARCHING BAND MUSIC PLAYS) MILITARY EXPERTS HAVE WARNED THAT A WAR IN THE KOREAN PENINSULA WOULD HAVE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES AND THAT NORTH KOREA WOULD BE UTTERLY DESTROYED. THE HOPE MUST BE THAT THE THREAT OF ACTION ALONGSIDE STRINGENT SANCTIONS WILL FORCE THE YOUNG KOREAN LEADER TO CHANGE HIS COURSE. AND LATER IN THE NEWS HOUR, WE PEER INSIDE THE UNDERGROUND CAMPAIGN TO DESTROY NORTH KOREA'S OPPRESSIVE REGIME FROM WITHIN. A KIWI TOY FIRM SAYS MORE MONEY COULD BE COMING IT'S WAY AFTER IT WAS AWARDED $18M IN A LEGAL FIGHT WITH AN AMERICAN COMPANY THAT RIPPED OFF ITS PRODUCT. ZURU'S 'BUNCH O BALLOONS' DEVICE HAS BEEN A HUGE GLOBAL SUCCESS BUT ALSO A TARGET FOR COPYCATS. CHRIS CHANG REPORTS. ZURU 'BUNCH O BALLOONS'! IT WAS THE DEVICE THAT CATAPULTED TOY COMPANY ZURU INTO THE BIG TIME, BUT IT ALSO LED THEM TO A WATER-BALLOON FIGHT IN COURT. WE GET COPIED ALL THE TIME, SO WE'RE IN MULTIPLE PATENT SUITS AT ANY ONE TIME. IT'S REALLY JUST PART OF DOING BUSINESS FOR US. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 'BUNCH O BALLOONS', A DEVICE THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY FILLS MULTIPLE BALLOONS FROM A HOSE. THAT'S 100 WATER BALLOONS LOCKED, LOADED AND DELIVERED AT RAPID SPEED! NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THE AMERICAN TELEBRANDS VERSION. WOW, IN JUST SECONDS, YOU'VE GOT 40 PERFECT-SIZE WATER BALLOONS! SPOT THE DIFFERENCE? NEITHER COULD A FEDERAL JURY IN TEXAS. EVEN THE MARKETING VIDEOS SUGGEST A CASE OF BRAZEN IMITATION. NO MORE GETTING TANGLED IN TIES! NO MORE FILLING, SPILLING OR TWIST-TYING! IT'S ALMOST A FORM OF FLATTERY WHEN YOU GET YOUR IP BREACHED ON A REGULAR BASIS. IT JUST MEANS YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT AND YOU'RE CREATING A SUCCESSFUL PRODUCT. SO SUCCESSFUL IT'S BEEN THE NUMBER-ONE-SELLING TOY IN NORTH AMERICA THREE YEARS RUNNING. THE FAMILY BUSINESS HAS BEEN AWARDED AROUND $18M IN LOST PROFITS AND ROYALTIES. IT'S AN AMAZING RESULT, REALLY. WE'RE OBVIOUSLY OVER THE MOON. WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING THIS CASE FOR OVER ALMOST THREE YEARS NOW. OF COURSE WE LIKE PROTECTING OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, SO IT'S A GREAT THING WHEN YOU COME OUT ON TOP. WATER BALLOON WARFARE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. A TOP RESULT AND WARNING SHOTS FIRED BY THE KIWI COMPANY TO ANY WOULD-BE COPYCATS. CHRIS CHANG, 1 NEWS. AND LATER, 'SEVEN SHARP' GOES BEHIND THE SCENES TO SHOW WHAT'S BEHIND THE KIWI COMPANY'S PHENOMENAL SUCCESS. CHECK IT AT 7 RIGHT AFTER THE NEWS HOUR. WE KNOW MOST OF YOU ARE LOVING IT, AND IT'S THE HOT TOPIC AROUND THE OFFICE WATER COOLER ` SCORCHING TEMPERATURES THAT'VE REACHED 30 AND ABOVE IN THREE REGIONS TODAY. AND IT'S NOT JUST AIR TEMPERATURES; SEA TEMPERATURES ARE RISING TOO IN WHAT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS A MARINE HEATWAVE. LISA DAVIES HAS BEEN OUT AND ABOUT. CATCHING SOME WAVES... YEEEAH! (CHUCKLING) ...OR NOT CATCHING THEM, SUMNER BEACH WAS TEEMING TODAY.. (CHUCKLING) PUSHING UP. ...WITH SCHOOLKIDS ECSTATIC TO BE OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AS TEMPERATURES CLIMBED INTO THE HIGH 20S ONCE AGAIN. IT'S REALLY WARM. IT'S REALLY WARM. YEAH, IT'S A GOOD DAY FOR SURFING. AARON LOCK HAS SURFED HERE FOR 30 YEARS AND SAYS THIS DECEMBER IS QUITE UNIQUE. IT'S MORE LIKE JANUARY WEATHER, I RECKON. THERE'S HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COMING OUT TO THE BEACH. IN AUCKLAND,... I JUMPED IN, AND IT WAS MINT. ...WAS ANYONE AT WORK TODAY? (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS) PEOPLE WERE COOLING DOWN ANY WAY THEY COULD. JUST A LITTLE BIT SWEATY. YEAH. (CHUCKLING) JUST A LITTLE BIT SWEATY. SUNBURN. CERTAINLY, FOR THIS WEEK, IT'S GONNA BE THE ICEBLOCKS, THE ICE-CREAM MAN, TRIPS TO THE BEACH. WE ARE SET AS FAR AS THE WEATHER. IT'S BEEN SO HOT THAT THE SEA IS 3 DEGREES WARMER THAN USUAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR ` IT'S 20 DEGREES! WE WON'T NEED A WETSUIT SOON. BATH-LIKE? OH, BATH-LIKE ` TEPID, YEAH. (CHUCKLES GENTLY) FURTHER OUT IN THE TASMAN SEA, IT'S UP TO 6 DEGREES WARMER. EVENTUALLY, IT WILL ADD FUEL TO OUR STORM SYSTEMS, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IN THE SHORT-TERM, IT'S GREAT FOR SWIMMING. EVEN THE SUMNER PADDLING POOL HAS GAINED A FEW DEGREES. HI. HI! OH, HELLO! HELLO. IS THIS YOUR BROTHER? YEAH. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE POOL TODAY? IT'S GOOD. BUT MAKE THE MOST OF IT ` YEAH, DEFINITELY LOVE IT. THE HEATWAVE MIGHT FEEL LIKE HIGH SUMMER, BUT TEMPERATURES ARE SET TO DROP AGAIN BEFORE CHRISTMAS. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. AHEAD ` IT'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE UNDERGROUND WAR FOR THE MINDS OF THE NORTH KOREAN PEOPLE; HOW ACTIVISTS ARE RISKING JAIL TO SMUGGLE USB STICKS LOADED WITH WESTERN CULTURE TO TRY AND BRING THE OUTSIDE WORLD INTO THE SECRETIVE STATE. AND THE TOXIC SMOG THAT INTERRUPTED A TEST MATCH IN INDIA, WITH PLAYERS FORCED TO TAKE EXTREME MEASURES. BACK HERE, THE BLACKCAPS CELEBRATE AN EMPHATIC WIN OVER THE WEST INDIES IN WELLINGTON, GOING ONE UP IN THE TWO-TEST SERIES. THE FOUR MEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST-EVER COCAINE BUST ARE NOW FACING MORE CHARGES AFTER APPEARING IN TAURANGA DISTRICT COURT THIS MORNING. THE FOREIGN NATIONALS NOW FACE NEARLY 50 CHARGES, INCLUDING POSSESSION OF A CLASS-A DRUG AND SUPPLY. THEY WERE ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY REMOVING $20M OF COCAINE NEAR THE RUDDER OF A CONTAINER SHIP IN TAURANGA. TWO OTHERS HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH MONEY LAUNDERING IN RELATION TO THE BUST. THE GROUP WILL REAPPEAR IN COURT LATER THIS MONTH. SOUTH KOREAN ACTIVISTS ARE WAGING A SECRET WAR TO DISMANTLE NORTH KOREA'S OPPRESSIVE REGIME FROM WITHIN, BUT IN PLACE OF TRADITIONAL WEAPONS, THEY'RE ARMED WITH WESTERN POPULAR CULTURE. ABC'S MATTHEW CARNEY EXPLAINS. (INTRIGUING MUSIC) THIS RARE GRAINY VIDEO SHOWS A REVOLUTION TAKING PLACE INSIDE NORTH KOREA. IN SECRET, THEY'RE WATCHING A SOUTH KOREA VARIETY PROGRAMME, TRANSFIXED BY AN UNKNOWN WORLD OF WEALTH AND PROSPERITY. IT'S A SIMPLE ACT BUT CAN MEAN A DEATH SENTENCE IN NORTH KOREA. (SPEAKS KOREAN) TRANSLATOR: WE WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE OF FREEDOM TO THE NORTH KOREAN PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED FOR 70 YEARS WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY. FROM SEOUL IN SOUTH KOREA, A NETWORK OF NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS AND ACTIVISTS ARE WAGING AN INFORMATION WAR. CHEOL HWAN KANG AND HIS ORGANISATION, THE NORTH KOREAN STRATEGY CENTRE, HAVE ALREADY SENT ACROSS 4000 USB FLASHDRIVES THIS YEAR FILLED WITH SOUTH KOREAN DRAMAS AND DOCUMENTARIES, K-POP AND WESTERN FILMS. (K-POP MUSIC) (SPEAKS KOREAN) TRANSLATOR: OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO CHANGE THE MINDSET OF NORTH KOREAN PEOPLE, TO ENCOURAGE AN UPRISING, TO DEMOLISH A REGIME THAT KEEPS THEM AS SLAVES. MOST OF THE USBs ARE SMUGGLED INTO NORTH KOREA ALONG ITS 1400KM BORDER WITH CHINA. THERE ARE SEVERAL NETWORKS SMUGGLING THEM IN. THEY HIDE THE USBs IN CIGARETTE PACKETS AND HEAD OFF TO DISTRIBUTE THEM IN NORTH KOREAN MARKETS. (SPEAKS KOREAN) TRANSLATOR: OUR ACTIVITY HURTS THE REGIME, SO IF WE KEEP PUNCHING CONSTANTLY, WE CAN KNOCK THE REGIME OUT. IT'S VERY RISKY BUSINESS. THIS OPERATIVE WAS CAUGHT INSIDE NORTH KOREA WITH USBs. HE WAS IMPRISONED AND TORTURED NORTH KOREA WITH USBs. HE WAS IMPRISONED AND TORTURED AND RELEASED AFTER A LARGE BRIBE WAS PAID. ONLY HIS CHINESE NATIONALITY SAVED HIM. (SPEAKS KOREAN) TRANSLATOR: NORTH KOREA IS LIKE BARREN SOIL. THE PEOPLE ARE SO EAGER TO SEE THINGS THEY DON'T KNOW. THEY WALK HOURS SO THEY CAN WATCH NEW MATERIAL. (WHIRRING) THE AMBITION IS BIG, AND THE PLANS ARE LOW-TECH AND LOW-BUDGET, BUT THE DEFECTORS ARE CONVINCED THAT FREEING PEOPLE'S MINDS IS THE BEST WAY TO CHANGING THE REGIME IN NORTH KOREA. THE ACTIVISTS ARE ALSO INCREASINGLY USING RADIO TO SPREAD THE WORD, BROADCASTING DIRECTLY INTO THE NORTH. DELHI'S CONTINUING TOXIC SMOG CRISIS HAS SPILLED OVER INTO INDIA'S NATIONAL GAME. SRI LANKAN PLAYERS COMPLAINED OF BREATHING PROBLEMS AND VOMITING BOUTS DURING A CRICKET TEST IN THE CAPITAL. THE TOURISTS RETURNED FROM LUNCH WEARING FACE MASKS BEFORE THE UMPIRES STOPPED PLAY FOR 20 MINUTES TO CONSULT DOCTORS, COACHES AND MATCH OFFICIALS. LAST MONTH A SPIKE IN EMISSIONS FROM INDUSTRY VEHICLES AND CROP BURNS TRIGGERED A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. WEATHER TIME NOW. DAN IS HERE, AND A ANOTHER WARM DAY TODAY AND MORE TO COME? Yes. We're stuck with it. Get used to it for the week. You're probably wondering about some rainfall. You can see the radar picking up some beginnings of rain to the far south. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ. What about as things dry out? Some rain. A PUSH TO HELP OUR STRUGGLING WOOL INDUSTRY AS FARMERS SAY THE RETURN FROM COARSE WOOL BARELY MAKES IT PROFITABLE TO SHEAR THEIR FLOCKS. I HAVE SNEEZE AFTER SNEEZE AFTER SNEEZE ` CAN GET UP TO 10 AT TIMES. THEN THE EYES START GOING AND GET BLOODSHOT EYES ` VERY ITCHY. AND TIPS FOR ALLERGY SUFFERERS WHO'RE EXPERIENCING THE DOWNSIDE OF AN EARLY SUMMER. LOOKING AT OUR TOP STORIES TONIGHT ` THERE'S A DIRE WATER WARNING IN NAPIER. OFFICIALS SAY RESERVOIRS IN THE HAWKE'S BAY CITY OF MORE THAN 63,000 HAVE DROPPED TO CRITICALLY LOW LEVELS. THE MESSAGE TO CONSERVE WATER RIGHT NOW OR IT COULD RUN OUT AS EARLY AS TONIGHT. A NEW REPORT WARNS NZ IS ON THE BRINK OF A HEALTHCARE CRISIS OVER A PREDICTED SHORTAGE OF AGED-CARE WORKERS FOR AN AGING POPULATION. UP TO 18,000 MORE WORKERS COULD BE NEEDED TO MEET THE RISE IN DEMAND FOR RESIDENTIAL AGED CARE OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. THE STRUGGLING WOOL INDUSTRY IS SET FOR FRESH GOVERNMENT HELP, AFTER WHAT'S BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE WORST SEASON IN 50 YEARS. WHILE FINE MERINO FIBRES MIGHT BE FETCHING RECORD PRICES, SOME FARMERS ARE QUESTIONING THEIR FUTURES IN THE INDUSTRY AS COARSE WOOL IS MUSCLED OUT OF THE MARKET. SEAN HOGAN REPORTS. (ROCK MUSIC PLAYS) IT'S A LABORIOUS TASK... FOR LITTLE REWARD. 'DISAPPOINTING' WOULD BE THE WORD,. CURRENTLY, THE PRICE FOR COARSE WOOL USED IN CARPETS AND CLOTHING BARELY COVERS THE COST OF THE SHEARING. WE'D BE BACK PROBABLY AT LEAST, I'D SAY, 30% TO 35% AT LEAST ON OUR NORMAL FIGURES. ON OUR NORMAL FIGURES. WORTH NEARLY $2B IN ITS PEAK IN THE LATE '80s, WOOL EXPORTS FELL TO JUST A QUARTER OF THAT IN THE PAST YEAR. NOW WOOL STORES ARE FULL TO THE BRIM, STOCKPILING MORE THAN 25,000 BALES ACROSS THE COUNTRY... (INDISTINCT SPEECH) ...AS AUCTIONS DELIVER LOW PRICES WITH DEMAND FROM OUR BIGGEST BUYER, CHINA, SLOWING DOWN. YOU KNOW, IN PAST YEARS WHERE THEY MIGHT HAVE BOUGHT 50% TO 60% YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WHERE IN RECENT TIME IT'S AROUND ABOUT 30% OR LESS. THE MARKET HAS ALSO TURNED TO CHEAPER SYNTHETIC-BASED PRODUCTS. HUP, HUP, HUP! (CLAPPING) THE DOWNTURN HAS FORCED MANY TO CHANGE THEIR PRACTICES OR GIVE UP ON WOOL ALL TOGETHER. YEAH, THE PRICE OF LAMB ` WE'RE SEEING $7 A KILO. WE'RE SEEING, LIKE, $3 A KILO FOR WOOL. THE COST OF PRODUCTION FOR WOOL IS SOMETHING AROUND $4.50 TO $5 A KILO. THE NEW MINISTER RESPONSIBLE, DAMIEN O'CONNOR, SAYS HE'S COMMITTED TO GETTING IT BACK ON TRACK. I THINK WE'VE GOTTA BOOST WOOL'S POTENTIAL ` GET OUT THERE, WORK WITH THE GROWERS RIGHT THROUGH TO THE MARKETPLACE AND THE CUSTOMERS TO GET BETTER APPRECIATION OF WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH WOOL. HE'S PROMISING TO TAKE A FRESH LOOK TO MAKE ALL THIS HARD WORK WORTHWHILE AGAIN. SEAN HOGAN, 1 NEWS. IT APPEARS HAYFEVER SUFFERERS ARE BEARING THE BRUNT OF SUMMER'S UNUSUALLY EARLY ARRIVAL. THE LATEST SPELL OF HOT WEATHER'S GOT MANY OF US REACHING FOR THE SUNSCREEN AND ALLERGY RELIEF. AS NICOLE BREMNER REPORTS. SUMMER'S NO WALK IN THE PARK FOR OLIVER MELLSOP ` IT'S THE TIME HIS HAYFEVER IS MOST SEVERE. THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENS IS I HAVE, YOU KNOW, SNEEZE AFTER SNEEZE AFTER SNEEZE ` CAN GET UP TO 10 AT TIMES. THEN THE EYES START GOING AND GET BLOODSHOT EYES. SCHOOL-LEAVER YASHVI KUMAR'S BEEN DEALT A SIMILAR HAND. BLOCKED NOSE ` DEFINITELY, YES. YEAH, I STILL HAVE IT, IF YOU CAN HEAR IT ON ME RIGHT NOW. IT SEEMS SUMMER'S EARLY ARRIVAL'S BEING FELT IN THE EYES, THROATS AND NOSES OF ALLERGY SUFFERERS NATIONWIDE. CERTAINLY, THERE'S BEEN SOME ANECDOTAL INCREASE AND NOTICING A LOT MORE PEOPLE COMING IN WITH MORE SEVERE SYMPTOMS PROBABLY THAN THEY WOULD EXPECT THIS TIME OF YEAR. THAT'S BECAUSE AN UNSEASONABLY WARM NOVEMBER'S KICK STARTED PLANT LIFE A LITTLE EARLIER THAN USUAL. THIS HOT DRY WEATHER'S THE CATALYST FOR GRASSES PLANTS AND TREES THIS HOT DRY WEATHER'S THE CATALYST FOR GRASSES, PLANTS AND TREES SHEDDING LARGE QUANTITIES OF POLLEN GRAINS SO TINY THEY'RE FINER THAN A HUMAN HAIR IN WIDTH. AT THE MOMENT, IT'S THE GRASS POLLEN AND SOME DIFFERENT TYPES OF HERBS. SOMETHING CALLED PLANTAIN IS A COMMON ALLERGEN, BUT EARLIER ON IN THE SEASON WHEN WE COME INTO SPRING, IT'S MORE THE TREE TYPES. IT MEANS ALLERGY SUFFERERS IN AGRICULTURAL AREAS ARE FEELING THE MOST SERIOUS EFFECTS AS GRASS POLLENS ARE RELEASED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. IT'S USUALLY WHEN I'M OUT IN A GRASS AREA. MOWING THE LAWNS IS THE WORST, PLAYING OUTSIDE CAN BE BAD AT TIMES. ALLERGY NZ'S TIPS TO REDUCE SYMPTOMS INCLUDE MINIMISING EXPOSURE TO POLLEN BY KEEPING WINDOWS CLOSED AT NIGHT AND EARLY IN THE MORNING, STAYING INDOORS WHEN IT'S WINDY AND AVOIDING HIGH POLLEN AREAS SUCH AS PARKS, FARMS AND ORCHARDS. KEEPING A SUPPLY OF ANTIHISTAMINE ON HAND'S ALSO RECOMMENDED, BUT SEEING A DOCTOR'S A PRIORITY IF A REACTION IS SEVERE. NICOLE BREMNER, 1 NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND A STRONG START TO THE NEW CRICKET SEASON. Kiwi cricketers would be happy everywhere. A TOTALLY DOMINANT DISPLAY IN WELLINGTON A TOTALLY DOMINANT DISPLAY IN WELLINGTON INFLICTING MORE THAN JUST SCORE-BOARD PAIN ON THE WINDIES WITH ONLY A FEW DAYS TO COME RIGHT BEFORE THE SECOND TEST. PLUS ` THE YOUNG GUNS SHINE. OUR NEW BREED OF TRACK CYCLIST WIN WORLD-CUP GOLD IN CANADA. AND DON'T WRITE OFF TIGER'S LATEST COMEBACK JUST YET. . All right, so, this is Tim. 34-year-old male. RTC. Multi-vehicle... VOICES OVERLAP I think about the car crash a lot. I know he caused it and I reacted the best way possible. But it's hard to let it go. SOMBRE MUSIC When I asked what had happened to him, the doctors said he really wore the impact ` any more and things would've been much worse. They said he was lucky ` lucky I wasn't going any faster. Thank you. SOMBRE MUSIC CONTINUES It's OK. MUSIC CONTINUES It's OK. THE BLACKCAPS HAVE POSTED ONE OF THE BIGGEST WINS IN THEIR HISTORY, THUMPING THE WEST INDIES IN THE FIRST TEST IN WELLINGTON. AFTER SHOWING SOME FIGHT WITH THE BAT, THE WINDIES COLLAPSED TODAY. THE SERIES COULD FOLLOW SUIT, JOHN MCKENZIE REPORTS. WHAT A WAY TO START THE SUMMER. THAT'S IT. (CROWD CHEERS, APPLAUDS) OVER AND DONE WITH. TRENT BOULT NOT ONLY TAKING OUT MIDDLE STUMP, BUT HELPING THE BLACK CAPS TO A MAMMOTH INNINGS AND 67-RUN VICTORY. IT WAS A BRILLIANT ALL-ROUND PERFORMANCE. WHILE A WIN OVER THE NUMBER EIGHT RANKED TEST NATION WAS EXPECTED, IT'S THE PERFORMANCES OF SEVERAL KEY PLAYERS THAT COULD CAUSE A FEW SELECTION HEADACHES GOING INTO THE SECOND TEST IN HAMILTON. ONE MAN SURE TO KEEP HIS SPOT, THOUGH, IS NEIL WAGNER. AND TAKEN. IT'S IN THE AIR. AND TAKEN. AFTER TAKING SEVEN WICKETS IN THE FIRST INNINGS, WAGNER BAGGED TWO MORE THIS AFTERNOON. NOW HE HAS NINE FOR THE MATCH. A MAN OF THE MATCH PERFORMANCE, OF A FIGHT BACK FROM THE WINDIES, TAKING THEIR FINAL EIGHT WICKETS FOR JUST 88 RUNS. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WAS RECKLESS AT ANY STAGE. I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF US NOT BEING ABLE TO OVERCOME THE NZ BOWLING ATTACK TODAY. AT 200 FOR 2, I THOUGHT THE BOWLERS WERE EXCEPTIONAL TO CHANGE THEIR TACK OF THOUGHT, TO PLAY THE LONG GAME, BE PATIENT WITH HOW THEY OPERATED. WITH THE SECOND TEST STARTING IN JUST FIVE DAYS' TIME, THERE'S SURE TO BE PLENTY OF DEBATE SURROUNDING A COUPLE OF KEY SELECTIONS. WE'RE GONNA NAME A SQUAD TOMORROW, SO THAT'LL REVEAL A FEW MORE THINGS. NONE MORE SO THAN THE WICKET-KEEPING ROLE WITH TOM BLUNDELL FRESH OFF HIS CENTURY ON DEBUT KNOCK UP AGAINST A NOW 'SEMI-FIT' STALWART IN BJ WATLING. HE GOT A HUNDRED YESTERDAY. HE PLAYED REALLY WELL, AND HE CRAMPED UP AND RUN OUT, WHICH IS WORTH A LOOK ON YOUTUBE. A SELECTION DILEMMA, BUT ONE THE BLACKCAPS WILL SURELY TAKE WITH OPEN ARMS. JOHN MCKENZIE, 1 NEWS. TO THE SCORECARD ` ONCE KRAIGG BRATHWAITE HAD BEEN SEEN OFF, THE ONLY PLAYER TO FALL TO A SPIN BOWLER IN THE INNINGS, THE WEST INDIES RESISTANCE WENT WITH HIM, MATT HENRY FINISHING WITH 3 FOR 57. ENGLAND HAVE MADE A SHOCKING START TO DAY THREE OF THE SECOND ASHES TEST IN ADELAIDE. OF THE SECOND ASHES TEST IN ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA STRIKING EARLY, DISMISSING JAMES VINCE FOR JUST TWO RUNS, AND THEN ENGLAND CAPTAIN JOE ROOT IN ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME FASHION. IT'S OUT. THAT'S GOOD CRICKET. GOT IT UP THERE IN VERY SAFE HANDS FROM CAMERON BANCROFT. AND IT BECAME EVEN WORSE FOR THE VISITORS. HE'S EDGED! BRINGS THE BIG WICKET OF COOK. ENGLAND'S TOP ORDER COLLAPSED WITH DAVID MALAN THE LATEST TO GO. ENGLAND CURRENTLY 122 FOR 5 AND TRAILING AUSTRALIA BY OVER 300 RUNS. OUR TRACK CYCLISTS HAVE PICKED UP THREE MORE MEDALS AT THE WORLD CUP IN CANADA, CONFIRMING THE SPORT AS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST MEDAL HOPES FOR NEXT YEAR'S COMMONWEALTH GAMES. TODAY'S CHARGE WAS LED BY THE MEN'S PURSUIT TEAM, PREDOMINANTLY MADE UP OF TEENAGERS. ABBY WILSON REPORTS. THEY MAY BE A YOUNG COMBINATION, BUT IN THEIR TEAM PURSUIT FINAL AGAINST HOSTS CANADA, THE KIWIS SHOWED COOL HEADS. NOW THE NZ TEAM ARE STARTING TO TURN THE PRESSURE ON. THAT PRESSURE COMING AFTER THEY'D TRAILED BY OVER A SECOND IN THE GOLD MEDAL RACE. ACROSS THE TRACK, CANADA CRUMBLED. A HUGE CRASH. ONE OF THE CANADIAN RIDERS HITS THE DECK. THE CANADIANS WERE LUCKY TO ONLY LOSE ONE. HOW THEY DIDN'T ALL COME DOWN, I DON'T KNOW. WHEN YOU TOUCH A WHEEL AT THAT SPEED... THE KIWI QUARTET OF NICK KERGOZOU, JARED GRAY, TOM SEXTON AND CAMPBELL STEWART POWERING HOME IN THEIR BEST TIME TO DATE. AND NZ WIN. COMPARED TO THEIR AVERAGE AGE OF 19, AT 26, ETHAN MITCHELL IS A TEAM VETERAN, BUT HE'S CONTINUING TO PROVE HE'S ONE OF THE BEST SPRINTERS IN THE WORLD. MITCHELL SQUEEZES THROUGH. MITCHELL COLLECTING AN INDIVIDUAL SILVER TO GO WITH YESTERDAY'S TEAM SPRINT GOLD. THERE'S JUST A SENSE OF EXCITEMENT. A NICE FEELING, ALTHOUGH, BEING IN THE TEAM FOR SUCH A LONG TIME TO BE EXCITED TO TURN UP AND RACE EVERY DAY. RACQUEL SHEATH AND MICHAELEA DRUMMOND'S BRONZE IN THE WOMEN'S MADISON ROUNDING OUT THE KIWIS' SIX MEDAL HAUL IN MILTON. WHILE MOST OF THE RIDERS NOW HEAD TO CHILE FOR ANOTHER WORLD CUP, THE MEN'S SPRINTERS HEAD HOME TO PREPARE FOR 2018'S DOUBLE HEADER OF WORLD CHAMPS AND COMMONWEALTH GAMES. THE DECEMBER BASE IS SUPER IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN HOLD FORM THROUGH THAT PERIOD. IF EARLY-SEASON FORM IS ANYTHING TO GO BY, THE KIWIS ARE WELL ON TRACK. ABBY WILSON, 1 NEWS. NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE FOR THE ANTHONY JOSHUA-JOSEPH PARKER BOXING SHOWDOWN, WITH ALL INDICATIONS THE DEAL ISN'T TOO FAR AWAY FROM BEING SIGNED AND SEALED. THE WORD OUT OF U.S. BOXING CIRCLES IS THE UNIFICATION FIGHT'S ALL BUT DONE, ALTHOUGH PARKER'S PROMOTERS SAY A CONTRACT HASN'T BEEN AGREED ON. WHILE JOSHUA CONTINUES TO MAKE A STAND. THE MAN WHO TALKS LESS IS THE MAN YOU NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT. TALK IS CHEAP. YOU GET AN UNDERSTANDING FROM THE CONVERSATIONS IF THE TEAM REALLY WANT TO MAKE THE FIGHT, AND... I REALLY FEEL LIKE THEY WANT TO MAKE THE FIGHT. HEARN SAYS THEY'RE JUST A FEW PERCENTAGE POINTS AWAY. PARKER'S TEAM ISN'T BUDGING ON TAKING 35% OF THE NET PROFIT FROM THE BOUT. TIGER WOODS HAS CAPPED OFF HIS LATEST COMEBACK WITH A TOP-10 FINISH AT THE HERO WORLD CHALLENGE IN THE BAHAMAS ` HIS BEST TOURNAMENT RESULT IN FOUR YEARS, BUT THE STAND-OUT PERFORMANCE TODAY CAME FROM ONE OF THE YOUNG BREED, WHO PLAY BECAUSE OF TIGER. MATT HALL-SMITH REPORTS. RETURNING TO COMPETITIVE GOLF FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 10 MONTHS, TIGER WOODS CONTINUED TO EXCEED EXPECTATIONS. CURLS THAT ONE IN FOR AN EAGLE. WOODS FIRING SIX BIRDIES AND AN EAGLE AS HE LOOKED PAIN-FREE AND MORE LIKE HIS FORMER SELF. HE IS A DIFFERENT PERSON TODAY. GOOD MATE RAFAEL NADAL WATCHING ON AS WOODS FINISHED THE TOURNAMENT EIGHT UNDER PAR, AS WOODS FINISHED THE TOURNAMENT EIGHT UNDER PAR, AND ENCOURAGINGLY, AHEAD OF WORLD NUMBER ONE DUSTIN JOHNSON. I THINK THE WAY I DROVE IT, I REALLY DROVE IT WELL I THINK THE WAY I DROVE IT, I REALLY DROVE IT WELL AND I REALLY PUTTED WELL. AND WITH BACK PAIN GONE, HE'S ALREADY PLANNING THE NEXT STAGE OF HIS COMEBACK FOR 2018. FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR ME TO BUILD MY SCHEDULE FOR THE MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS ` PLAY HOW MUCH, WHAT MY TRAINING CYCLES ARE GOING TO BE. SO WHILE EVERYONE WAS CURIOUS ABOUT WOODS' RETURN, AMERICAN RICKIE FOWLER WAS THE ONE WHO YOU COULDN'T IGNORE. OOH! (LAUGHS) OK. HOW ABOUT THAT? AFTER STARTING THE DAY SEVEN SHOTS OFF THE LEAD, HE EVAPORATED THE DEFICIT WITH SEVEN STRAIGHT BIRDIES. IN THE HOLE! YES! IT'S ONE OF THOSE DAYS. FOWLER GOING ON TO WIN BY FOUR SHOTS, SETTING A NEW COURSE RECORD OF 11 UNDER 61 ON THE WAY. WELL, I CAN'T PUT MYSELF THIS FAR BACK GOING INTO ALL THESE TOURNAMENTS. 61'S DON'T JUST POP UP ON SUNDAYS. FOWLER NOTCHING A SECOND WIN OF THE YEAR, BUT JUST MAKING IT THROUGH 72 HOLES WITHOUT A HITCH MEANS IT'S BEEN A HUGE PERSONAL VICTORY FOR TIGER WOODS TOO. MATT HALL-SMITH, 1 NEWS. ALL WHITES SKIPPER WINSTON REID'S WEST HAM HAVE MISSED THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO TOPPLE OR AT LEAST DRAW WITH ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE LEADERS MANCHESTER CITY. NO SIGN OF REID, RULED OUT OF THE MATCH, BUT THE RELEGATION STRUGGLERS OPENED THE SCORING ON THE STROKE OF HALFTIME. THEN PULLING OFF A DRAMATIC WINNER IN THE 83RD MINUTE. IT WASN'T LONG TILL CITY CAME BACK WITH AN EQUALISER, THEN PULLING OFF A DRAMATIC WINNER IN THE 83RD MINUTE. SILVA! (CROWD CHEERS) CHAMPIONS FIND A WAY TO WIN THE TIGHTEST OF MATCHES, AND THE VETERAN, DAVID SILVA HAS APPLIED A GOLDEN TOUCH. CITY SURGED TO A RECORD EQUALLING 13TH STRAIGHT EPL VICTORY, ALSO RESTORING THEIR EIGHT POINT LEAD AT THE TOP OF THE LADDER. STAYING WITH FOOTBALL, AND AUCKLAND CITY ARE JUST DAYS OUT STAYING WITH FOOTBALL, AND AUCKLAND CITY ARE JUST DAYS OUT FROM THEIR OPENING MATCH IN THE DESERT HEAT AT THE CLUB WORLD CUP IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. IT'S SET TO BE A SPECIAL OCCASION FOR MIDFIELDER DAN MORGAN WHO'S RETURNED TO THE AUCKLAND TEAM AFTER EIGHT YEARS AWAY. THE LAST TIME HE PLAYED AT THE TOURNAMENT HE WAS JUST 19, SETTING UP THEIR GIANT-KILLING WINNER OVER THE AFRICAN CHAMPIONS TO FINISH 5TH. AS YOU START TO GET ON, YOU REALLY WANT TO TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU GET BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE YOU'LL ACTUALLY GET TO COME TO, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM ME. LONG TIME IN BETWEEN DRINKS, SO TO SPEAK. A WIN ON THURSDAY WILL BOOK THEM A QUARTER-FINAL SHOWDOWN AGAINST JAPANESE TEAM THE RED DIAMONDS. MITCH EVANS HAS LANDED HIS BEST-EVER FINISH AND JAGUAR RACING'S FIRST PODIUM IN THE SEASON OPENING FORMULA E DOUBLE-HEADER IN HONG KONG. THE 23-YEAR-OLD WAS HOLDING THIRD POSITION, BUT CAME UNSTUCK DURING THE UNIQUE PIT STOP JUMP INTO HIS FULLY CHARGED SECOND CAR. IS HE IN FRONT OF MITCH EVANS? LET'S SEE WHAT THEY ARE. YES, EVANS LOST SO MUCH TIME IN THE PITS. MITCH EVANS LOST FIVE SECONDS! EVANS FOUGHT BACK, FINISHING FOURTH. HE WAS THEN ELEVATED TO THE PODIUM AFTER GERMAN WINNER DANIEL ABT WAS DISQUALIFIED FOR A TECHNICAL INFRINGEMENT. WAS DISQUALIFIED FOR A TECHNICAL INFRINGEMENT. EVANS IS SIXTH IN THE OVERALL STANDINGS GOING INTO THE NEXT ROUND IN MOROCCO NEXT MONTH. Still getting used to the change of car midway through the race. It is very different, isn't it? It is the way of the future. THANKS, ANDREW. On seven sharp we're talking about the Puhoi motorway extension ALSO TONIGHT ` FRESH OFF THEIR WIN AGAINST AN AMERICAN COPYCAT. HOW DID ZURU TOYS MANAGE TO MAKE WATER BALLOONS A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY? ONLY GET SIX MONTHS OF SALES AND IT DOESN'T GET CHRISTMAS IN NORTH AMERICA. SO FOR IT TO FINISH THE YEAR AS THE OVERALL NUMBER ONE SELLER IN DOLLARS IS TESTAMENT TO HOW BIG A BRAND 'BUNCH O BALLOONS' REALLY IS. SHOULD WE TAKE ON MORE REFUGEES? WE MEET ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 'BOAT PEOPLE' WHO CAME HERE FROM VIETNAM DURING THE WAR. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I WANT TO BE IN I.T. AND EXPORT IS BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT'S THE BEST WAY TO GIVE BACK TO MY PARENTS AND ALSO THE COUNTRY. HOW HE'S HELPING TO SHAPE OUR ECONOMY. AND WE'RE IN RANGIORA TO CHECK OUT WHAT COULD NZ'S ONLY EXPORTED MOTOR VEHICLE. (ENGINE REVS) DETAILS AT 7. HELLO. WITH THE BIG BLOCKING HIGH IN PLACE, IT'S PRETTY MUCH HIGH PRESSURE; IT'S FINE FOR THE OUTDOOR PLANS, NOT SO GOOD IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE RAINFALL, OF COURSE. LOOKING AT THE SATTELITE, WHAT'S LEFT OF THE ACTIVE STORM TO AUSTRAILA IS FADING AWAY, GOING THAT WAY, BECAUSE OF OUR BIG BLOCKING HIGH SITTING IN PLACE, KEEPING IT MORE OR LESS THE SAME. THAT FRONT DOES IN FACT TOUCH THE FAR SOUTH AND WEST WITH A LITTLE BIT OF MOISTURE INTO FIORLAND BRIEFLY THROUGH THE MORNING. A BRIEF HEAVY SPELL OF RAIN THERE. THE ENERGY GOES THROUGH THE FRONT PRETTY QUICKLY, THEN IT FADES AWAY. IT'S JUST A FEW SPOTS OF RAIN ` SOUTHLAND, OTAGO. IT SLIDES ITS WAY NORTH WITH SOME CLOUD, BUT THE HIGH, THE MEAT OF THE HIGH IS STILL SITTING IN PLACE. DOESN'T REALLY DO MUCH OF A DENT ON TEMPERATURES EXCEPT FOR A BIT OF A SOUTHERLY COMING IN LATER ` STILL 30 DEGREES AHEAD OF THE FRONT TO CANTERBURY. EVERWHERE ELSE ` MID- TO UPPER 20S. THE THEME FOR THAT CONTINUES. NOTICE THE BRIEF COOL-DOWN THERE WEDNESDAY TO THE EAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. THEN WE'RE BACK TO THE MID- TO UPPER 20S, THE MOUNTAIN OF WARM AIR SITTING IN PLACE. ANY MOISTURE IN SIGHT? THE HINTS OF SOMETHING COMING IN LATER ON TOWARDS THE WEEKEND, BUT UNTIL THEN, IT IS WARM; IT IS DRY; IT IS FINE. STARTING OFF WITH SOME EARLY CLOUD TO PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND ` CENTRAL PLATEAU TO THE BAY OF PLENTY ` PERHAPS THICK ENOUGH FOR THE ODD SPOT OF MORNING DRIZZLE, BUT FOR MOST, IT IS FINE; IT'S DRY AFTER EARLY CLOUD. THAT'S A WEE LITTLE SOUTHERLY CHANGE THERE, JUST KNOCKING ON THE DOORSTEPS OF THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND. WE SEE THE MORNING RAIN. POSSIBLY HEABY TO FIORDLAND. A SPOT OR TWO OF RAIN ` SOUTHLAND, COASTAL OTAGO, AND THEN IT'S JUST SOME CLOUD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON TO CANTERBURY. SOME CLOUD TO THE WEST COAST. FURTHER NORTH, YOU'RE FINE AND DRY. AND AFTER THAT EARLY CLOUD, THERE MAY BE THE ODD SPOT OF RAIN. YOU ARE IMPROVING. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THERE'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE SOME FINE-LOOKING WEATHER FOR THE OUTSIDE BUT, OF COURSE, RAINFALL-WISE, NOT REALLY MUCH TO SPEAK OF. THAT'S THE WEATHER FOR NOW.