IT'S MIDDAY. BAD NEWS FOR NEW ZEALAND'S WATER SUPPLY. AS TEMPERATURES SOAR, WHAT WILL BE THE LONG-TERM IMPACT? IN THE US ` A WARNING THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE LAST OF CALIFORNIA'S DEVASTATING WILDFIRES. AND MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU. STARS OF 'THE LAST JEDI' HIT THE RED CARPET FOR THE FILM'S WORLD PREMIERE. CAPTIONS BY JEAN TENG AND CHELSEA BRADY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017 AHI AHI MARIE. GOOD AFTERNOON. IT'S ONLY THE START OF SUMMER AND ALREADY THE COUNTRY IS FEELING THE FULL EFFECTS OF THE WARMER WEATHER. IN CHRISTCHURCH, IT'S THE LONGEST DRY SPELL IN MORE THAN 60 YEARS. BUT A WATER SHORTAGE ISN'T NEW ZEALAND'S ONLY PROBLEM, AS A NEW REPORT SHOWS A FIFTH OF THE COUNTRY'S WATER ISN'T SAFE TO DRINK. JORDAN OPPERT HAS MORE. WEEK TWO OF SUMMER, AND CHRISTCHURCH IS TURNING UP THE HEAT. A RECORD-BREAKING 46 DAYS WITHOUT RAIN, BEATING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 45 BACK IN 1954. HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEMS THAT HAVE BEEN STRADDLING BOTH SIDES OF THE COUNTRY. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S BEEN CREATING THESE WARM TEMPERATURES, THE DRY CONDITIONS AND THE HUMIDITY, ESPECIALLY AROUND PLACES LIKE THE UPPER NORTH ISLAND. JUST LAST WEEK, CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL ISSUED A WATER USAGE WARNING, SAYING IF PEOPLE DIDN'T CUT BACK ON THEIR USAGE, RESTRICTIONS WOULD BE INEVITABLE. BUT THAT'S NOT THE COUNTRY'S ONLY WATER WOE. A REPORT'S FOUND 20% OF OUR WATER SUPPLY IS UNDRINKABLE. THE PRIME MINISTER'S WORKING WITH LOCAL COUNCIL'S TO ENSURE STANDARDS AND COMPLIANCE ARE MET. WE HAVE ALREADY GOT 51 RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE US ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU GO TO TURN ON THE TAP, REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU ARE IN THE COUNTRY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHETHER YOUR WATER WILL MAKE YOU SICK. THE DROUGHT-LIKE CONDITIONS ARE ALSO HAVING AN IMPACT ON OUR FARMING INDUSTRY. FEDERATED FARMERS SAY THE WEATHER IS CHALLENGING, AND SOME ARE ALREADY FACING THE PROSPECT OF CULLING THEIR STOCK EARLY. CHRISTCHURCH MEN'S PRISON IS ALSO FIGHTING THE HEAT, RECORDING 40 DEGREE TEMPERATURES IN SOME CELLS. ONE INMATE WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL. AN ADVOCATE FOR PRISONERS SAYS THESE CONDITIONS ARE DEBILITATING. WHERE THE MEN ARE COMPLAINING, HAS TARMAC. IT'S INREDIBLY HOT. THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THAT HEAT TO GO BUT INTO THOSE CELLS. THE CANTERBURY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD SAY THEY HAD SOME WEATHER-RELATED ADMISSIONS OVER THE WEEKEND ` MAINLY BAD SUNBURN AND SEVERE DEHYDRATION, PARTICULARLY WITH THE ELDERLY. BUT THERE'S SOME GOOD NEWS. AROUND MIDDAY TOMORROW, THE CANTERBURY REGIONS SHOULD START TO SEE SOME RAINFALL. IT WILL BE QUITE HEAVY TOMORROW, AND BY WEDNESDAY, IT WILL HAVE DIPPED INTO MORE SHOWER-LIKE CONDITIONS. THOSE SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. SO THERE IS GOING TO BE A BIT OF A BREAK, AND THEY WILL SEE SOME OF THAT RELIEF, WITH SOME WET WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. JORDAN OPPERT, 1 NEWS. A WOMAN REMAINS IN HOSPITAL AFTER WHAT POLICE ARE CALLING 'A MAJOR INCIDENT' IN PAPAMOA LAST NIGHT. SEVERAL WITNESSES SAY SHE WAS HIT BY A CAR. POLICE RECEIVED MORE THAN 20 CALLS TO THE ADDRESS IN LYN GROVE, WITH REPORTS OF PEOPLE FIGHTING WITH GARDEN TOOLS, BATS AND STICKS. FINANCE MINISTER GRANT ROBERTSON SAYS HIS GOVERNMENT WILL LIFT CHILDREN OUT OF POVERTY AT A FASTER RATE THAN THE LAST. IN A SPEECH TO BUSINESS LEADERS IN AUCKLAND THIS MORNING, HE SAID THEY'LL SLASH NATIONAL'S TAX CUTS AND INTRODUCE A FAMILIES PACKAGE IN THE MINI-BUDGET TO BE RELEASED ON THURSDAY. BUT NATIONAL SAYS FAMILIES WILL BE WORSE OFF WITHOUT THE CUTS. THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO LAUNCH AUCKLAND FUEL PIPELINE AFTER IT HAD TO BE SHUT OFF YESTERDAY DUE TO A LEAK. WHILE IT'S NOW BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN A FALSE ALARM, IT'S THE SECOND TIME THE PIPELINE HAS BEEN CLOSED THIS YEAR. AND AUCKLAND MOTORISTS ARE AGAIN BEING WARNED SOME SERVICE STATIONS COULD RUN OUT OF FUEL. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS BACK-UPS ARE NEEDED FOR SUCH CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. OBVIOUSLY THERE NEEDS TO BE ALTERNATIVES SO THAT IF WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE ` EVEN AS WE HAD YESTERDAY, A FALSE POSITIVE ` IF IT TURNS OUT TO BE SOME KIND OF CRACK OR ANYTHING THAT RESULTS IN A SHUT-DOWN, THAT WE HAVE A BACK-UP MECHANISM. MS ARDERN SAYS THE PIPELINE HAS NEEDED THE INVESTMENT FOR OVER A DECADE. OVERSEAS NOW, TO THE DEVASTATING WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA. AND THE STATE'S GOVERNOR HAS BRANDED THE DISASTER AS THE 'NEW NORMAL', SAYING THEY COULD HAPPEN EVERY YEAR. HOMEOWNERS HAVE BEEN RETURNING TO WHAT'S LEFT OF THEIR NEIGHBOURHOODS AS FIREFIGHTERS WORK TIRELESSLY TO GET THE UPPER HAND ON SIX MAJOR BLAZES. THE ABC'S MARCI GONZALEZ REPORTS. THIS MORNING FIREFIGHTERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WORKED TIRELESSLY TO TACKLE THE FLAMES... (YELLS) ...AND KEEP A HOLD ON THE PROGRESS MADE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. FIREFIGHTERS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGES OF THE BREAKS IN THE WIND. FOUR OF THE SIX WILDFIRES NOW MORE THAN 75% CONTAINED. THE MAIN FOCUS NOW ON THE MASSIVE THOMAS FIRE THAT GREW OVERNIGHT IN VENTURA COUNTY. 155,000 ACRES NOW SCORCHED. THAT'S MORE THAN THE SIZE OF CHICAGO. IT IS ONLY 15% CONTAINED. RIGHT NOW FIREFIGHTERS ARE INTENTIONALLY BURNING SOME OF THIS DRY BRUSH TO TRY AND CONTROL THE WILDFIRES DIRECTION BEFORE IT REACHES THESE ACTIVE POWER LINES. NEARBY, AS FLAMES MOVE CLOSER TO HOMES, NEW EVACUATIONS ORDERED SATURDAY, WHILE OTHERS WERE LIFTED. THERESA BULLER RETURNING TO WHERE THE HOME SHE LIVED IN FOR MORE THAN FOUR DECADES ONCE STOOD. NOTHING LEFT OF THE ROOM THAT MY DAD BUILT BY HAND. 15,000 OTHER HOMES REMAIN AT RISK. SOME OF THE EVACUATED RESIDENTS ALLOWED TO BRIEFLY RETURN TO GRAB BELONGINGS. WE'RE VERY, VERY LUCKY. THE HOUSE IS STILL STANDING. A LOT OF THE NEIGHBOURS AROUND US ARE NOT. SMOKE LINGERING IN THE AREA, BRINGING AIR QUALITY TO HAZARDOUS LEVELS. AND FIRE CONDITIONS TODAY AGAIN CONSIDERED CRITICAL. IT IS A HORROR, AND IT'S A HORROR WE WANT TO MINIMISE. AND WHEN WE CAN'T MINIMISE IT, WE WANT TO RECOVER FROM IT ANGER AND VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO ESCALATE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, FOLLOWING THE UNITED STATES' RECOGNITION OF JERUSALEM AS ISRAEL'S CAPITAL. A MAN STABBED AN ISRAELI SECURITY GUARD IN JERUSALEM, WHILE TEAR GAS WAS SPRAYED ONTO PALESTINIAN PROTESTORS IN BETHLEHEM. IN LEBANON, SECURITY FORCES FIRED TEAR GAS AND WATER CANONS AT PROTESTORS NEAR THE US EMBASSY IN THE CAPITAL BEIRUT. THE HEAD OF THE LEBANESE COMMUNIST PARTY DECLARED THE US AS 'THE ENEMY OF PALESTINE'. DISGRACED CELEBRITY PUBLICIST MAX CLIFFORD HAS DIED AFTER COLLAPSING IN PRISON WHILE SERVING HIS SENTENCE FOR HISTORIC SEX OFFENCES. THE 74-YEAR-OLD WAS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL FIGURES IN BRITISH ENTERTAINMENT BEFORE BEING CONVICTED ON EIGHT COUNTS OF INDECENT ASSAULT ON TEENAGERS OVER MORE THAN 40 YEARS. THE BBC'S DANNY SHAW REPORTS. HE WAS THE PR SUPREMO WHO COULD MAKE OR BREAK A REPUTATION, BUT WHEN MAX CLIFFORD'S SLEAZY PAST CAUGHT UP WITH HIM, THE LAST THREE YEARS OF HIS LIFE WERE SPENT IN PRISON IN FAILING HEALTH. AND THIS MORNING, AFTER SUFFERING A HEART ATTACK, HE DIED IN HOSPITAL. THE ALLEGATIONS IN RESPECT OF WHICH I HAVE BEEN CHARGED ARE COMPLETELY FALSE. MAX CLIFFORD ALWAYS DENIED THE CLAIMS OF INDECENT ASSAULT THAT EVENTUALLY LED TO HIS DOWNFALL, BUT HIS TRIAL HEARD EVIDENCE ABOUT HIS MANIPULATIVE BEHAVIOUR ` HOW HE PROMISED TO BOOST THE CAREERS OF ASPIRING MODELS AND ACTRESSES IN RETURN FOR SEXUAL FAVOURS. HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF EIGHT CHARGES AGAINST FOUR WOMEN AND GIRLS. THE YOUNGEST VICTIM WAS 15. FOR 30 YEARS, THE PUBLICIST PROVIDED SENSATIONAL STORIES FOR THE TABLOIDS. HE REPRESENTED FARIA ALAM, WHO WORKED AT THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION AND HAD AN AFFAIR WITH THE ENGLAND MANAGER, SVEN-GORAN ERIKSSON. IT WAS CLIFFORD WHO HELPED EXPOSE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FORMER CONSERVATIVE MP DAVID MELLOR AND ANTONIA DE SANCHA, THOUGH PARTS OF IT WEREN'T TRUE. THIS STORY FROM CLIFFORD WAS ALSO A FICTION, BUT IT MADE FOR A GREAT HEADLINE IN 'THE SUN'. MAX CLIFFORD'S DEATH LEAVES MANY UNRESOLVED LEGAL ISSUES. HE WAS BEING SUED BY HIS VICTIMS AND APPEALING AGAINST HIS CONVICTIONS, PROTESTING HIS INNOCENCE TILL THE END. BACK HERE NOW, AND AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH SERVICE IS INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A PERSON LINKED TO MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE. IT SAYS IT IS WORKING TO PREVENT FURTHER TRANSMISSION WHICH IS CAUSED BY BACTERIA SPREADING THROUGH CLOSE CONTACT WITH AN INFECTED PERSON. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE ACHING MUSCLES, LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND BRUISING. SO FAR THERE IS NO RISK TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. NEW SPEED LIMITS ARE BEING INTRODUCED ON THE TAURANGA EASTERN LINK TOLL ROAD AND THE WAIKATO EXPRESSWAY. FROM TODAY, THE LIMIT WILL GO UP TO 110KM/HR FOLLOWING A CONSULTATION PERIOD. THE NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY SAYS THESE ARE TWO OF THE SAFEST ROADS IN THE COUNTRY. MASSEY UNIVERSITY IS TEAMING UP WITH WETA WORKSHOP TO GIVE ITS DESIGN STUDENTS A CHANCE TO LEARN FROM INDUSTRY LEADERS. THE COLLABORATION MATCHES WETA'S ARTISTS WITH STUDENTS, INTRODUCING THEM TO DESIGN IDEAS AND OFFERING THEM AN INTERNSHIP IN A DESIGN STUDIO. WETA WORKSHOP CO-FOUNDER SIR RICHARD TAYLOR SAYS THE VENTURE WILL HELP TURN THE STUDENTS INTO EXTRAORDINARY STORYTELLERS. THE NEW MASTERS-LEVEL COURSE STARTS IN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR. BRITAIN COULD BE IN FOR A WHITE CHRISTMAS, WITH HEAVY SNOW FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTRY. BUT THE WHITE STUFF IS CAUSING MAJOR DISRUPTION AND DELAYS TO TRAVEL. IT'S THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IN FOUR YEARS, WITH MOTORISTS BEING WARNED TO TRAVEL ONLY IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. THE BBC'S RICHARD LISTER HAS THIS. MUCH OF BRITAIN LOOKED LIKE A CHRISTMAS CARD TODAY. SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN ENGLAND HAD BEEN EXPECTING SNOW, BUT THIS WAS BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ` AND IT WASN'T PRETTY. BREAKDOWNS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON THE M25, NEAR GERRARDS CROSS, MADE FOR SLOW GOING. ON THE A34, NEAR NEWBURY, TWO STUCK LORRIES MEANT THE SOUTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY HAD TO BE CLOSED. BUT IN WALES, SOME SMALLER COMMUNITIES WERE CUT OFF ENTIRELY AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LOST POWER. IN THE MIDLANDS, THEY'D HOPED GRITTERS WOULD KEEP THE ROADS SAFE, BUT IN REDDITCH, THEY NEEDED SNOWPLOUGHS. IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY FOR BREAKDOWN SERVICES LIKE THE RAC, WHICH IS GETTING FIVE CALLS A MINUTE. MARK SAYS EVERYTHING HE'S DEALT WITH TODAY HAS BEEN WEATHER-RELATED. ONLY TRAVEL IF YOU REALLY HAVE TO. IF YOU ARE GOING TO TRAVEL, MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT GOOD THINGS ON YOU LIKE A FULLY-CHARGED PHONE, WARM CLOTHING ` IN CASE YOU DO GET STUCK, BECAUSE YOU MAY BE STUCK IN TRAFFIC FOR HOURS AND HOURS. 70 FLIGHTS WERE CANCELLED AT HEATHROW. LUTON AND STANSTED HAD PROBLEMS TOO. AND THERE WERE UNHAPPY PASSENGERS AT EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT. A P&O FERRY WITH 300 PASSENGERS ON BOARD RAN AGROUND IN CALAIS DUE TO HIGH WINDS. NO ONE WAS HURT, AND IT WAS REFLOATED, BUT THIS WAS A DAY TO STAY AT HOME. WHERE WE LIVE, WE NEVER GET ANY SNOW. IT'S JUST SLEETY. I LIKE SNOW, BECAUSE YOU CAN MAKE SNOW ANGELS AND SNOWMEN, AND I FIND IT REALLY FUN TO DO. AND MAYBE DO SOME OF THIS. IT'S BEEN A GREAT DAY FOR SNOWMEN, SLEDGING AND SNOWBALLS, BUT WHAT LOOKS LIKE FUN ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON COULD LOOK VERY DIFFERENT ON MONDAY MORNING AT RUSH HOUR. GRITTERS ARE OUT IN FORCE AS THE ROADS ICE UP ` READY FOR A DIFFICULT DAY TOMORROW. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` A WORLD-FIRST IN TECHNOLOGY. FIND OUT HOW THIS DRONE IS KEEPING BEACHGOERS SAFE THIS SUMMER. COULD IT BE THE BEST STAR WARS FILM YET? THE LATEST INSTALMENT GETS ITS PREMIERE IN LA. AND IN SPORT, TRENT BOULT GOES BACK-TO-BACK AGAINST THE WEST INDIES ON DAY THREE IN HAMILTON. WELCOME BACK. AND LIFEGUARDS IN AUSTRALIA HAVE A NEW WEAPON TO HELP KEEP SWIMMERS SAFE THIS SUMMER. A HIGH-TECH DRONE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED THAT CAN SPOT SHARKS MUCH BETTER THAN THE HUMAN EYE AND DISTINGUISH THEM FROM OTHER SEA LIFE. IT CAN ALSO RELEASE A SIGNAL WHEN SHARKS GET TOO CLOSE TO SWIMMERS AND CAN RELEASE AN INFLATABLE DEVICE TO HELP RESCUE BEACHGOERS WHEN THEY GET INTO TROUBLE IN THE WAVES. CHANNEL 9'S KATE CREEDON REPORTS. AS HUNDREDS OF SWIMMERS VENTURE INTO THE OCEAN AT BILGOLA THIS MORNING, THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT WAS LURKING BELOW, KNOWING THEY WERE BEING WATCHED FROM ABOVE. HOVERING OVERHEAD, THE WESTPAC LITTLE RIPPER DRONE, ON DUTY FOR ITS FIRST-EVER SURF PATROL. IT'S CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY, AND NO ONE ELSE IN THE WORLD IS DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING. THE DRONE, WHICH WAS DONATED TO THE SURF CLUB BY MARCUS BLACKMORE OF BLACKMORE VITAMINS, IS ARMED WITH SHARK-SPOTTER TECHNOLOGY, FAR MORE ACCURATE THAN THE HUMAN EYE, AND A SPEAKER TO WARN SWIMMERS IF THEY'RE IN DANGER. IT'S SO ADVANCED, IT CAN EVEN DISTINGUISH THE PREDATORS OF THE DEEP FROM OTHER MARINE LIFE OR OBJECTS IN THE WATER. SWIMMERS, SURFERS, SHARKS, DOLPHINS, WHALES, EAGLE RAYS, DIFFERENT TYPES OF BOATS. THE HIGH-TECH DRONE CAN ALSO ASSIST DURING A RESCUE. IF A SWIMMER IS STRUGGLING OR CAUGHT IN A RIP, IT'S ABLE TO DROP A FLOTATION DEVICE TO KEEP THEM SAFE TILL HELP ARRIVES. IT AUTOMATICALLY INFLATES WHEN IT ENTERS THE WATER, AND IT'S CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING UP TO FOUR PEOPLE. WHILE TODAY'S PATROL WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, BEACHGOERS CAN EXPECT TO SEE A LOT MORE OF THESE DEVICES KEEPING A WATCHFUL EYE IN THE SKY, HELPING OUR SURF LIFE-SAVERS SEE MORE OF THE BEACH THAN EVER BEFORE. ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO SAVE LIVES IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. STORMTROOPERS AND JEDIS TOOK OVER DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES OVERNIGHT. THE LATEST INSTALMENT OF THE STAR WARS FRANCHISE 'THE LAST JEDI' HAD ITS PREMIERE AT THE SHRINE AUDITORIUM. THE BLOCKBUSTER IS SET TO BE ONE OF THE YEAR'S BIGGEST RELEASES AND IS ALREADY GETTING RAVE REVIEWS. THE ABC'S NICK WATT JOINED THE FILM'S STARS ON THE RED CARPET. THE LAST JEDI SO CLOAKED IN SECRECY, I'M NOT THINKING ANYTHING. AND KYLO PUTS OUT HIS HAND. DOES HE? HE DOES. I'VE SEEN THE TRAILER. SHOW ME MY PLACE IN ALL THIS. JOHN BOYEGA ` FLIGHTY IN THE FILM ` A LITTLE PLANE TROUBLE IN REAL LIFE. I DID NOT THINK YOU WERE GONNA MAKE IT. NO. IN YOUR FACE, WEATHER. NOW, THIS ALL PICKS UP WHERE THE FORCE AWAKENS LEFT US. SOMETHING... INSIDE ME HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE. BUT NO ONE'S TALKING. THE SECRETS OF THESE FILMS? I DO. I DO. CAN YOU EVEN CONFIRM THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY IN THIS FILM? NO, I CAN'T. ARE WE GONNA GET ANSWERS HERE OR JUST MORE QUESTIONS? WELL, YOU'LL DEFINITELY GET ANSWERS AND SOME VERY SATISFYING ONES. SKYWALKER'S BACK. BACK BIG. I ONLY KNOW ONE TRUTH. IT'S TIME FOR THE JEDI TO END. WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO THIS GUY THAT HE WOULD SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT? CARRIE FISHER'S LEIA ALSO IN IT, FILMED BEFORE SHE PASSED. I MET HER WHEN SHE WAS 19. AND WE HAD OUR UPS AND DOWNS, BUT SHE WAS VERY, VERY SPECIAL. THERE'S A NEW DIRECTOR. I THINK YOU'RE NERVOUS. (LAUGHS) I'VE BEEN DOING A BAD JOB OF PRETENDING I'M NOT NERVOUS. ROSE, A BRAND NEW CHARACTER. RIAN HAS SAID HE WANTED TO FIND SOMEONE THAT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG IN THE UNIVERSE. SO IF THAT GIVES YOU ANY HINTS... THERE'S A NEW GUY PLAYING CHEWIE. YOU ARE HOW TALL? I'M 7FT. I'LL JUST GET BACK UP HERE, THEN. THE MOST EMOTION AND HUMOUR OF ANY STAR WARS FILM I'VE SEEN, AND I'VE SEEN THEM ALL. TRENT BOULT HAS FINISHED OFF THE WEST INDIES IN QUICK FASHION THIS MORNING, PUTTING THE BLACK CAPS EVEN FURTHER IN CONTROL OF THE SECOND TEST IN HAMILTON. BOULT'S REMOVED MIGUEL CUMMINS AND SHANNON GABRIEL IN CONSECUTIVE BALLS TO DISMISS THE WINDIES FOR 221 EARLY ON DAY THREE. FIRST BALL SPOT-ON THE MONEY. FIRST BALL SPOT-ON THE MONEY. FROM TRENT BOULT. NEW ZEALAND LOST THE EARLY WICKET OF JEET RAVAL IN ITS SECOND INNINGS, WHILE TOM LATHAM HAS JUST JOINED HIM BACK IN THE PAVILION WITH THE HOSTS NOW 49 FOR TWO ` A LEAD OF 203 RUNS. THE ALL BLACKS SEVENS ARE CELEBRATING IN CAPE TOWN, WHERE THEY'VE WON THEIR FIRST WORLD SERIES TOURNAMENT IN ALMOST TWO YEARS. IT MIGHT HAVE TAKEN 21 MONTHS TO END THE DROUGHT, BUT AGAINST ARGENTINA IN THE FINAL NEW ZEALAND MADE IT LOOK ALL TOO EASY, RUNNING IN SIX TRIES. FEED IS GOOD FROM NEW ZEALAND. IT OPENS FOR THE YOUNGSTER. KOROI GOES OVER, SECOND TRY. KOROI GIVING IT TO RAVOUVOU. FENDS OFF ONE, LOOK. HE'S HOLDING THE BALL LIKE A LOAF OF BREAD. FENDS OF A SECOND, AND THEN JUST PICKS THE ANGLE. HE'S BECOME A HIGHLIGHT REEL, ESPECIALLY IN THIS ONE. JOE RAVOUVOU. THE SIDE PERFORMING A NEW HAKA TO CELEBRATE THE 38-14 WIN, WHICH SEES THEM HEAD INTO THE NEW YEAR LEADING THE OVERALL STANDINGS. STAYING IN CAPE TOWN, TEAM NEW ZEALAND HEROES PETER BURLING AND BLAIR TUKE HAVE REKINDLED THEIR RIVALRY IN THE LATEST LEG OF THE VOLVO OCEAN RACE. THE FLEET OF SEVEN BOATS HAVE KICK-STARTED THEIR 6500 NAUTICAL MILE VOYAGE TO MELBOURNE, WITH TUKE'S SPANISH TEAM, MAPFRE, TAKING AN EARLY LEAD. THE SAILORS ARE SET TO ARRIVE IN AUSTRALIA AROUND CHRISTMAS. TO THE FINAL DAY OF THE UCI TRACK CYCLING WORLD CUP IN CHILE, AND IT'S BEEN A GOLDEN DAY FOR THE KIWIS IN ACTION. THE NEW ZEALAND WOMEN'S MADISON TEAM HAVE DODGED A NUMBER OF CRASHES TO CLAIM FIRST PLACE IN THEIR FINAL, BEATING THEIR CLOSEST RIVALS DENMARK BY 6 POINTS. MEANWHILE NEW ZEALAND'S YOUTHFUL MEN'S PURSUIT TEAM ALSO CONTINUED THEIR IMPRESSIVE FORM AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, SECURING THE GOLD MEDAL IN THEIR FINAL AGAINST JAPAN. HOWEVER, THE KIWIS' GOLD IN THE MEN'S TEAM PURSUIT WAS OVERSHADOWED BY A HORROR CRASH IN THE PRIOR BRONZE MEDAL RACE BETWEEN SOUTH KOREA AND THE UNITED STATES. A COLLISION OF WHEELS SENT TWO MEMBERS OF THE KOREAN TEAM FLYING OFF THEIR BIKES AND LEAVING THEM UNABLE TO FINISH THE RACE. TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE, WHERE TWO OF ENGLAND'S BIGGEST FOOTBALLING RIVALRIES HAVE COME HEAD TO HEAD IN THIS MORNING'S ACTION. LEAGUE LEADERS MANCHESTER CITY SQUARED OFF WITH NEIGHBOURS AND SECOND-PLACED MANCHESTER UNITED AT OLD TRAFFORD. TWO DEFENSIVE HOWLERS FROM MANCHESTER UNITED'S STAR STRIKER ROMELU LUKAKU COST THE RED DEVILS THE MATCH 2-1 AS CITY GO 11 POINTS CLEAR. (CHEERING) MEANWHILE, IN THE DAY'S OTHER LOCAL DERBY, LIVERPOOL AND EVERTON SHARED A 1-1 DRAW. WAYNE ROONEY SCORED HIS FIRST GOAL IN A MERSEYSIDE DERBY TO EARN EVERTON A POINT. A the ripe old age of 32. He scores for the very first time. ELSEWHERE, A LATE GOAL SAW ARSENAL SNATCH A 1-1 DRAW WITH SOUTHAMPTON. THE POINT SENT THE GUNNERS TO FIFTH ON THE TABLE. THE BREAKERS' HAVE ABDICATED THEIR THRONE AT THE TOP OF THE NBL LADDER AFTER A GUT-WRENCHING LOSS TO THE ADELAIDE 36ERS. A LATE COME BACK NOT ENOUGH FOR THE KIWIS AS THEY WENT DOWN 95-92 IN ADELAIDE. EDGAR SOSA'S FAILED THREE-POINTER IN THE DYING SECONDS OF THE GAME SCUPPERING THE BREAKERS' HOPES OF SENDING THE MATCH INTO OVERTIME. THE LOSS SEES THE PERTH WILDCATS JUMP INTO TOP SPOT, WITH THE BREAKERS DROPPING TO SECOND. TO THIS MORNING'S NFL MATCH BETWEEN THE BUFFALO BILLS AND INDIANAPOLIS COLTS, WHERE IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE WHITE WASH, BUT NOT FOR ANY SPORTING REASONS. A WILD SNOW STORM LASHING THE FIELD AS THE WEATHER CREATED NEAR UNPLAYABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE PLAYERS. THE GAME AT NEW ERA FIELD IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK ` NOT AS EVENTFUL AS THE WEATHER, THOUGH. THE GAME ENDED IN A 13-7 WIN FOR THE HOME SIDE. AND HOW ABOUT THIS FOR HORSING AROUND? THE ANNUAL PANTOMIME HORSE RACE HAS BEEN HELD IN LONDON. YES, YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT. THE 'SPORTING' CHALLENGE INVOLVED TWO TEAMS DRESSED IN THEIR BEST HORSE COSTUMES. THEY RACED DOWN THE STREETS OF THE CITY, STOPPING AT SIX 'PIT STOP' PUBS ALONG THE WAY, AND IT WAS ALL IN THE NAME OF CHARITY. THE EVENT WAS RAISING MONEY FOR YOUTH CANCER SUPPORT. SOME MUCH-NEEDED RAIN ` BUT WHO GETS IT? I'LL HAVE MONDAY'S AFTERNOON WEATHER DETAILS FOR YOU AFTER THE BREAK. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST, HERE'S A REMINDER OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES. THE HEATWAVE CONTINUES, WITH CHRISTCHURCH ONE OF THE WORST AFFECTED AREAS. BUT IT WON'T LAST TOO MUCH LONGER. WILDFIRES CONTINUE TO RAVAGE CALIFORNIA, AND THERE'S A WARNING THEY COULD BE HERE TO STAY. AND THE BLACK CAPS TAKE CONTROL OF THE SECOND TEST AGAINST THE WEST INDIES. HEAVY RAIN IN THE DEEP SOUTH AND CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND. LET'S CHECK OUT THE WEATHER IN YOUR REGION. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THANKS FOR WATCHING. FROM THE 1 NEWS MIDDAY TEAM, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JEAN TENG AND CHELSEA BRADY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017