IT'S MIDDAY. THE WAIT IS ALMOST OVER. THE PRIME MINISTER'S ARRIVED AT HOSPITAL AHEAD OF THE BIRTH OF HER FIRST CHILD. WE'RE LIVE WITH THE LATEST. A PUSH TO SOLVE AUCKLAND'S HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM ` FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL SURVEY PEOPLE LIVING WITHOUT SHELTER IN A BID TO PROVIDE BETTER HELP AND SUPPORT. AND PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP MAKES A DRAMATIC U-TURN AMID THE MIGRANT CONTROVERSY. HE'S SIGNED AN ORDER TO KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER, BUT IS IT TOO LITTLE TOO LATE? CAPTIONS BY SHRUTIKA GUNANAYAGAM AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 AHIAHI MARIE. GOOD AFTERNOON. NEW ZEALAND IS OFFICIALLY ON BABY WATCH. PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN IS IN AUCKLAND HOSPITAL AS SHE PREPARES TO HAVE HER BABY, AND WITHIN THE LAST HOUR, IT'S BEEN CONFIRMED SHE IS IN LABOUR. 1 NEWS REPORTER NICOLE BREMNER IS OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL AND JOINS US NOW LIVE. NICOLE, WHAT'S THE LATEST? The latest is that the Prime Minister is an delivery suite. up on the ninth floor in the maternity wing. at Auckland Hospital. things are definitely underway. We know she is and an end room down the corridor, because that has a little bit less thatft traffic. She might have a little bit of privacy. Apart from that, it is busybusiness as usual. for the hospital staff. The Prime Minister does not expect to be treated any differently. than any other mum. Up to 90 babies a day. are born here a day. The average stay is two days. There is a bit of a weight ahead. CORRECTION: 19 babies. AND WHAT'S BEEN THE POLITICAL REACTION TO THE NEWS, NICOLE? there is a real air of anticipation here today. The media room is filling up. More and more media are arriving all the time. There is a lot of positivity and well-wishers on social media. Her political allies are pretty quick to get into the action too. Acting prime minister. Winston Peters. has put out a statement saying he was. advised that the Prime Minister had arrived a hospital. earlier this morning. He has advised Ms Arden and. Clark Gayfordfor the very best. James Shaw says that this is an exciting and historic type in New Zealand. 1 news reporter Nicole Bremner. We will update you. on our website. AUCKLAND COUNCIL SAY IT HAS NO IDEA OF THE EXTENT OF HOMELESSNESS IN THE REGION, AND IT'S LAUNCHING A SURVEY TO FIND OUT. PEOPLE ARE STILL LIVING IN CARS AND ON THE STREET THIS WINTER, AS RYAN BOSWELL FOUND OUT LAST NIGHT. A CAR PARK IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF ONEHUNGA HAS BECOME A DRIVE-IN FOR THE HOMELESS. PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY HAVE NOWHERE ELSE. CHARLIE PARKED UP SIX WEEKS AGO. I WAS STAYING IN A FLEA-INFECTED PLACE AND GOT REALLY SICK, AND IT LAID ME OUT FOR MONTHS, AND I HAD TO FINISH WORK ALTOGETHER. HIS JOB AS A TRUCK DRIVER, AND HIS NEW SOCIAL WELFARE BENEFIT WASN'T ENOUGH TO GET INTO A PRIVATE RENTAL. SO INSTEAD, THE 60-YEAR-OLD IS WAITING IN HIS CAR FOR A HOUSE THROUGH WORK AND INCOME. AS FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY... YEAH, BUT I WON'T GO TO THEM. TOO EMBARRASSED? YEAH. 'HOUSING FIRST' WAS SET UP A YEAR AGO TO DEAL WITH CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS, AND IN THAT TIME, IT'S HOUSED 420 PEOPLE. ALMOST 200 WERE CHILDREN. BUT IT'S NOT KNOWN HOW MANY REMAIN WITHOUT A HOME. WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM IS, AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TRACK WHETHER WE ARE RESOLVING THIS PROBLEM OR THE PROBLEM IS GETTING BIGGER AND WE'RE NOT PUTTING SUFFICIENT RESOURCES INTO IT. PHIL GOFF SAYS THE FIRST OFFICIAL COUNT OF HOMELESSNESS IN AUCKLAND WILL BE CARRIED OUT ON SEPTEMBER THE 17TH. CHARLIE SAYS THOSE FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS WON'T BE HARD TO FIND. THE DIFFICULTY THEY'LL HAVE IS FINDING AN AFFORDABLE HOME FOR THEM TO LIVE. RYAN BOSWELL, 1 NEWS. THE FREE-TRADE DEAL BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND THE EUROPEAN UNION IS BEING FORMALLY LAUNCHED TODAY. THE EU'S TRADE COMMISSIONER CECILIA MALMSTROM IS IN WELLINGTON AND HAS JUST ARRIVED AT PARLIAMENT. SHE HAS JUST MET WITH TRADE MINISTER DAVID PARKER AND WILL MEET ACTING PRIME MINISTER WINSTON PETERS. NEGOTIATIONS ARE YET TO FORMALLY BEGIN, BUT THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WOULD LIKE THE DEAL COMPLETED IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS. FLETCHER BUILDING HAS REVEALED ITS FIVE-YEAR PLAN TO IMPROVE ITS FINANCES AFTER ANNOUNCING $600M LOSSES EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE COMPANY'S TROUBLED PROJECTS INCLUDED THE NEW AUCKLAND CONVENTION CENTRE AND THE CHRISTCHURCH JUSTICE AND EMERGENCY PRECINCT. THEY SAY THEY'LL FOCUS ON CORE OPERATIONS OF BUILDING PRODUCTS AND DISTRIBUTION AND CLOSE OUT REMAINING PROJECTS BELONGING TO ITS BUILDING AND INTERIOR ARM. SO, AS WE STARTED BRINGING OUR THOUGHTS TOGETHER, IT WAS CLEAR THAT CONTINUING TO MANAGE MULTIPLE PLATFORMS ACROSS MULTIPLE GEOGRAPHIES FROM BOTH A CAPITAL AND CAPABILITY PERSPECTIVE WAS UNLIKELY TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SO AS ANNOUNCED TO THE MARKET WHEN WE UNDERTOOK OUR RECENT CAPITAL RAISE, WE HAVE DECIDED TO FOCUS THE BUSINESS ON THE NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA REGION. FLETCHER BUILDING SAY ITS FINANCIAL YEAR RESULT IS LIKELY TO INCLUDE SIGNIFICANT RESTRUCTURING COSTS. TO THE U.S., AND PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS TODAY MADE A U-TURN ON THE TREATMENT OF MIGRANTS AT THE BORDER, SIGNING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT STOPS FAMILIES FROM BEING SEPARATED. IT COMES AFTER GLOBAL OUTRAGE THAT MORE THAN 2000 CHILDREN HAD BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM THEIR PARENTS AND HELD IN PRISON-LIKE CELLS. THE ABC'S CECELIA VEGA HAS THIS. IN THE OVAL OFFICE TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP DID EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID HE COULD NOT DO ` HE ENDED HIS POLICY SEPARATING MIGRANT FAMILIES AT THE BORDER WITH THE STROKE OF A PEN. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE FAMILIES TOGETHER. I DIDN'T LIKE THE SIGHT OR THE FEELING OF FAMILIES BEING SEPARATED. WE'RE KEEPING FAMILIES TOGETHER, AND THIS WILL SOLVE THAT PROBLEM. IT IS A STUNNING REVERSAL. JUST DAYS AGO ` YOU CAN'T DO IT THROUGH AN EXECUTIVE ORDER. EXACTLY 75 DAYS AFTER HE BEGAN HIS ZERO-TOLERANCE CRACKDOWN, THE CRISIS REACHED FEVER PITCH AFTER THOSE IMAGES OF CHILDREN IN CAGES AND THE SOUNDS OF THEIR CRIES. (CHILDREN CRY) TODAY ` NEWS THAT BABIES ARE BEING HELD IN FACILITIES CALLED 'TENDER AGE SHELTERS'. VETERAN REPUBLICAN SENATOR ORIN HATCH CALLED 'TENDER AGE SHELTERS' 'A CHILLING PHRASE WE WILL NOT SOON FORGET'. TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED IT AN IMPOSSIBLE DILEMMA. HE SAID HIS OWN WIFE AND DAUGHTER WERE MOVED BY THE IMAGES. SOURCES TELL US THEY BOTH LOBBIED HIM TO PUT AN END TO THE POLICY. EVEN AS THEY NOW FACE WIDESPREAD BACKLASH, PEOPLE ARE CALLING THEM COMPLICIT. IF YOU'RE REALLY, REALLY PATHETICALLY WEAK, THE COUNTRY'S GONNA BE OVERRUN WITH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, AND IF YOU'RE STRONG, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY HEART. THAT'S A TOUGH DILEMMA. PERHAPS I'D RATHER BE STRONG, BUT THAT'S A TOUGH DILEMMA. FACED WITH MOUNTING POLITICAL PRESSURE, THIS IS HOW THE PRESIDENT EXPLAINED THE REVERSAL. I THINK THE WORD 'COMPASSION' COMES INTO IT, BUT IT'S STILL EQUALLY AS TOUGH, IF NOT TOUGHER. THAT HUNDREDS OF ELDERLY PATIENTS AT A HOSPITAL IN HAMPSHIRE DIED AFTER BEING PRESCRIBED DANGEROUS AMOUNTS OF PAIN-KILLING DRUGS. THE REPORT INTO THE SUSPICIOUS DEATHS AT THE GOSPORT WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUND THE DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS WERE NOT CLINICALLY JUSTIFIED. THE BBC'S HUGH PYM REPORTS. MOURNING A MOTHER AND A GRANDMOTHER ` ANN AND BRIDGET LOOKING ACROSS TO GOSPORT AND REFLECTING ON THEIR LOSS NEARLY TWO DECADES AGO. I THOUGHT SHE WAS IN A SAFE PLACE, BEING CARED FOR. BEING CARED FOR. HER MOTHER, ELSIE DEVINE, WENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR REHABILITATION AFTER TREATMENT FOR AN INFECTION. SHE DIED AFTER FOUR WEEKS. HER FAMILY LATER DISCOVERED SHE'D HAD HUGE DOSES OF PAINKILLERS. THE REPORT SAYS MORE THAN 650 PATIENTS PROBABLY DIED AT GOSPORT WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BECAUSE OPIOIDS WERE PRESCRIBED FOR NO MEDICAL REASON. IT SAYS IN THE 1990s, THERE WAS AN INSTITUTIONALISED PRACTICE OF SHORTENING LIVES. DR JANE BARTON, A CLINICAL ASSISTANT, IS NAMED IN THE REPORT AS RESPONSIBLE FOR PRESCRIBING PRACTICE. SHE WAS LATER DISCIPLINED BY MEDICAL REGULATORS. BISHOP JAMES JONES, WHO CHAIRED THE REVIEW, TOLD ME THERE WAS A COLLECTIVE FAILURE AT THE HOSPITAL. THESE DRUGS THAT WERE PRESCRIBED WERE THEN ADMINISTERED BY NURSES WHO WOULD'VE KNOWN THE EFFECT OF THOSE DRUGS. THE PHARMACIST IN THE HOSPITAL WOULD'VE KNOWN THE LEVEL OF OPIOIDS THAT SHE OR HE WAS BEING ASKED TO SUPPLY. THE REPORT HIGHLIGHTS A SERIES OF WARNINGS AND MISSED OPPORTUNITIES. BACK IN 1991, NURSES RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT PRESCRIBING. FROM 2001, POLICE INVESTIGATED THE DEATHS OF 92 PATIENTS, BUT THERE WERE NO PROSECUTIONS. IN 2009, AN INQUEST RULED THAT SOME PATIENTS HAD BEEN GIVEN 'INAPPROPRIATE MEDICATION'. IN 2010, DR BARTON WAS FOUND GUILTY OF SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT BY THE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL. IN THE SAME YEAR, THE CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE SAID THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE FOR A PROSECUTION. HAD THE ESTABLISHMENT LISTENED WHEN JUNIOR NHS STAFF SPOKE OUT, HAD THE ESTABLISHMENT LISTENED WHEN ORDINARY FAMILIES RAISED CONCERNS, INSTEAD OF TREATING THEM AS TROUBLEMAKERS, MANY OF THOSE DEATHS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. MINISTERS SAY PROSECUTING AUTHORITIES WILL DECIDE WHETHER CRIMINAL CHARGES SHOULD BE BROUGHT. THAT IS WHAT THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO DIED NOW WISH TO SEE. BACK HERE, IT'S TAKEN MORE THAN 30 FIREFIGHTERS TO CONTAIN A FACTORY FIRE IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. EMERGENCY CREWS WERE CALLED TO A GARAGE DOOR MANUFACTURER IN TAKANINI THIS MORNING. EVERYONE INSIDE THE BUILDING AT THE TIME THE BLAZE BROKE OUT WAS SAFELY EVACUATED. STATE HIGHWAY 1 HAS BEEN CLOSED AFTER EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN NORTHLAND. IT'S SHUT AT PUHIPUHI RD AFTER A 1.5M OF SURFACE WATER BUILT UP. LOCAL AUTHORITIES ARE CONCERNED VEHICLES MAY BE SWEPT INTO LARGE DRAINS EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. CONCERNED LOCALS TURNED OUT IN FORCE AT A COMMUNITY MEETING IN TOLAGA BAY LAST NIGHT TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS OVER RECENT WEATHER EVENTS AND INDUSTRY PRACTICES. ALMOST 40 HOMES WERE AFFECTED BY FLOODING AND SLASH AS A RESULT OF HEAVY RAIN. GISBORNE DISTRICT COUNCIL SAID WHILST THEY COULDN'T GIVE ASSURANCE IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN, FORESTRY'S LOOKING INTO WAYS TO BETTER MANAGE SLASH IN THE FUTURE. BUT SOME LOCALS SAY THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH, AND AUTHORITIES DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SCALE OF THE ISSUE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE COUNCIL UP THERE ALL OF THE TIME, LOOKING AT THEIR SITES, MAKING SURE... IT'S GOTTA HAVE A WHOLE DIFFERENT POLICY ON THE WAY SLASH IS HANDLED. THE FORESTRY COMPANIES, THEY'VE PROBABLY BEEN... TAKEN A LITTLE BY SURPRISE BY THE SEVERITY OF WHAT'S HAPPENED UP HERE. DISAPPOINTING, REALLY, TO SAY THE LEAST. I THINK WE EXPECTED A LOT MORE OUT OF THE COMPANIES. WE EXPECTED A LOT MORE OF OUR QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED DIRECTLY. IT'LL BE AT LEAST ANOTHER SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE COUNCIL'S INVESTIGATION'S COMPLETE. CHRISTCHURCH IS TRACKING TOWARDS ITS DARKEST AND GLOOMIEST JUNE ON RECORD, AVERAGING UNDER AN HOUR OF SUN PER DAY SO FAR THIS MONTH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 59.3 HOURS. ONE EXPERT SAYS THE GARDEN CITY'S GETTING THE RAW END OF AN UNUSUAL LOW WEATHER PATTERN. FOR CHRISTCHURCH ` ONLY 16.5 SUNSHINE HOURS RECORDED SO FAR THIS MONTH. THAT WAS UP TO THE 19TH, BECAUSE YESTERDAY'S SUNSHINE HOURS WILL COME IN AT 9AM THIS MORNING. BUT IT IS DEFINITELY VERY LOW. AMERICAN NEWS OUTLET CNN HAS CALLED DUNEDIN NEW ZEALAND'S MOST UNDERRATED CITY. THE COUNCILLOR IN CHARGE OF TOURISM THERE SAYS HOSTING BIG AND EVENTS AND CONCERTS HAS PUT THE CITY ON THE MAP. I THINK THE ED SHEERAN WEEKEND REALLY SHOWED US OFF WELL. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF PRIDE IN THE CITY, AND VISITORS JUST ENJOYED THEMSELVES SO MUCH. WE DO THAT KIND OF EVENT SO VERY WELL. AND WE WELCOME OUR VISITORS. WE'VE GOT THIS WARM HOSPITALITY. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` A NEW THREAT FOR DISPLACED ROHINGYA MUSLIMS. MONSOONS BRING THE FEAR OF LANDSLIDES AND FLOODING FOR THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS WHO'VE FLED PERSECUTION IN MYANMAR. PLUS IN SPORT ` SONNY BILL WILLIAMS HAS BOUNCED BACK FROM INJURY AND WILL START FOR THE ALL BLACKS IN THE FINAL TEST AGAINST FRANCE THIS WEEKEND. MORE THAN 700,000 ROHINGYA REFUGEES HAVE FLED MYANMAR FOLLOWING LAST YEAR'S BRUTAL MILITARY CRACKDOWN. THERE'S A NEW DANGER FOR THOSE LIVING IN CROWDED REFUGEE CAMPS WITH THE COMING MONSOON SEASON. THE BBC'S DAN JOHNSON REPORTS. ROHINGYA REFUGEES ARE ON THE MOVE AGAIN,... STILL SEARCHING FOR A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE. LIFE IS TOUGH, EVEN BEFORE IT BEGINS. 'A LANDSLIDE DAMAGED MY HOME,' SAYS AZIZ FATIMA. 'FOR FIVE DAYS, I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE DRINKING WATER.' AND PEOPLE KEEP COMING TO THIS ` THE NEWEST PART OF THE CAMP. THERE IS STABLE LAND HERE, STRONGER HOMES AND BETTER DRAINAGE. BUT MANY MORE ARE LEFT FACING THE MONSOON. PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN SUCH CLOSE LIVING QUARTERS. THE POTENTIAL FOR WATER, AS IT'S FLOWING DOWN THE STREET, TO CONTAMINATE NOT ONLY THE WATER SUPPLY BUT ALSO GETTING INTO PEOPLE'S HOUSES ` IT'S INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO STAY CLEAN IN THIS SORT OF ENVIRONMENT. THE PROBLEM IS THESE HOMES ARE BUILT UP HIGH BUT RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THESE VERY STEEP CLIFFS, AND YOU CAN ALREADY SEE HOW THE LAND IS STARTING TO CRACK. AND THE FEAR IS THAT WHEN THE RAIN INTENSIFIES, IT WILL UNDERMINE THESE HILLSIDES. THE SOIL WILL SHIFT AND DROP AWAY, AND THE HOMES COULD GO WITH IT. THIS WAS LAST YEAR'S EXODUS FROM MYANMAR. THE BURMESE MILITARY SAID IT WAS CRACKING DOWN ON ROHINGYA MILITANTS; THE UN DESCRIBED IT AS ETHNIC CLEANSING. ACROSS THE BORDER, THEY FOUND SHELTER IN BANGLADESH, BUT HERE, THERE ARE NEW CHALLENGES. IT RAINED EVERY DAY LAST WEEK ` A MISERABLE TASTE OF WHAT'S TO COME. MORE THAN 700,000 CLING TO THESE HILLSIDES, AND THE NUMBERS KEEP ON GROWING. TO SPORT, AND ALL BLACKS COACH STEVE HANSEN HAS CALLED IN THE REINFORCEMENTS FOR SATURDAY'S CLASH WITH FRANCE IN DUNEDIN. FOUR PLAYERS ARE SET TO MAKE THEIR TEST DEBUTS, WHILE THERE'S ALSO A RETURN FOR A FAN FAVOURITE. VICTOR WATERS HAS THE STORY. LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER KNEE SURGERY, SONNY BILL WILLIAMS IS READY FOR BATTLE. THE VETERAN RETURNS AFTER HE WAS INITIALLY RULED OUT OF THE FRENCH SERIES AND WILL BE JOINED IN THE MIDFIELD BY NEWCOMER JACK GOODHUE. JACK ` WHOSE BEEN WITH US ON A FEW OCCASIONS NOW JACK ` WHO'S BEEN WITH US ON A FEW OCCASIONS NOW BUT HASN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RUN ON FOR A TEST MATCH ` PLAYED WELL AGAINST THE FRENCH IN THE MIDWEEK GAME AND THE FRENCH BARBARIANS LAST YEAR. SO WE'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE HIM OUT ON THE PITCH. INJURIES ALSO HAND UNCAPPED FLANKER SHANNON FRIZZELL AN OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF HIS HOME CROWD. IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE EARLIER THAN WE WANTED TO, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HE'S SHOWN US A LOT OF POSITIVE SIGNS DURING TRAINING THROUGH THE LAST THREE WEEKS, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE. WAISAKE NAHOLO RETURNS TO THE RIGHT WING AS BEN SMITH SHIFTS TO FULLBACK. THERE'S MOVEMENT IN THE RESERVES TOO. LOCK JACKSON HEMOPO AND FIRST FIVE RICHIE MO'UNGA AWAIT THEIR DEBUTS FROM THE BENCH. THE CRUSADERS PLAYMAKER EDGED OUT OF THE NUMBER 10 JERSEY BY DAMIAN MCKENZIE. HANSEN CONFIDENT THE UTILITY WILL LIFT THE SIDE AFTER LAST WEEKEND'S SCRAPPY WIN. HE DID OK. WHILST HE DIDN'T SET THE WORLD ON FIRE, THE WHOLE TEAM DIDN'T. AND IT'S VERY HARD TO MAKE A REAL PROPER JUDGEMENT ON HOW HE WENT, I THINK, BECAUSE THE PLATFORM UP FRONT WASN'T GREAT. BUT HE'S GOT SOME SPECIAL SKILLS. I'M CONFIDENT WE'LL SEE A PRETTY GOOD PERFORMANCE FROM HIM. THE STAGE NOW SET AS THE ALL BLACKS PUT THEIR SQUAD DEPTH TO THE TEST IN SEARCH OF A SERIES CLEAN SWEEP. VICTOR WATERS, 1 NEWS. AND FRANCE HAVE MADE JUST TWO CHANGES TO THEIR STARTING 15 AS THEY LOOK FOR AT LEAST ONE WIN BEFORE LEAVING OUR SHORES. AS EXPECTED, CAPTAIN MATHIEU BASTAREAUD HAS BEEN RESTED WITH FRANCE FIELDING AN ENTIRELY NEW MIDFIELD COMBINATION. IT'S THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLOIT A NEW-LOOK ALL BLACKS TEAM, EVEN IF THEIR COACH WON'T ADMIT IT. (SPEAKS FRENCH) TRANSLATOR: WE KNOW THE QUALITY OF THE ALL BLACKS TEAM, SO IT DOESN'T RETURN FOR US MANY THINGS. WE ARE FOCUSED ON OUR PERFORMANCE FIRST, AND THAT'S THE MAIN IMPORTANT THING FOR US. AFTER PLAYING HIS FIRST TEST 10 YEARS AGO, HALFBACK MORGAN PARRA WILL CAPTAIN THE SIDE FOR THE FIRST TIME. CRISTIANO RONALDO'S CONTINUED HIS GOAL-SCORING WAYS AT THE FIFA WORLD CUP, HELPING PORTUGAL KNOCK MOROCCO OUT WITH A 1-0 WIN. RONALDO FOUND THE BACK OF THE NET EARLY THANKS TO A LETHAL HEADER. SILVA WORKING IT SHORT THIS TIME. IN BY MOUTINHO! AND IN BY RONALDO! HE IS A SENSATION! THE STAR FORWARD'S 85TH INTERNATIONAL STRIKE NOW MAKES HIM EUROPE'S ALL-TIME TOP GOAL-SCORER. THEIR GROUP-B OPPONENTS SPAIN SURVIVED A SCARE AGAINST IRAN BEFORE PREVAILING 1-0,... THINKS OF GETTING A SHOT IN HERE. A TURN, AND IT'S INTO THE NET! DIEGO COSTA. I'M NOT SURE HE'S GOT THE FINAL TOUCH, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO GOT IT. SPAIN HAVE MADE THE BREAKTHROUGH. ...WHILE A GOALKEEPING MISTAKE SAW URUGUAY QUALIFY FOR THE KNOCKOUT STAGES AFTER THEIR 1-0 WIN OVER SAUDI ARABIA. THE ASIAN NATION, ALONG WITH EGYPT, ARE THE OTHER TWO SIDES TO BE ELIMINATED FROM THE TOURNAMENT. TO CRICKET NOW, AND HOURS AFTER SMASHING THE T20 RECORD FOR MOST RUNS IN AN INNINGS, THE WHITE FERNS HAVE HAD THE MILESTONE TAKEN OFF OF THEM BY ENGLAND. THE ENGLISH WOMEN BATTERED SOUTH AFRICA FOR 250 RUNS IN THE PROTEAS' SECOND DEFEAT OF THE DAY. EARLIER, SUZIE BATES' UNBEATEN CENTURY LED NEW ZEALAND TO 216 WHILE BECOMING THE LEADING RUN-SCORER IN WOMEN'S T-20 CRICKET. TO A 66-RUN WIN OVER SOUTH AFRICA IN THEIR FIRST TRI-SERIES MATCH. IT'S PROBABLY THE CLEANEST I'VE HIT THE BALL FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, AND JUST AS WELL BEING ABLE TO ACCESS 360, WHICH I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE NETS PULL IT OFF IN A GAME THAT OFTEN. THE NORTHERN MYSTICS' WINNING STREAK CONTINUES, LAST NIGHT BEATING THE DEFENDING CHAMPS THE SOUTHERN STEEL. THE 62-57 VICTORY MOVES THEM FOURTH ON THE LADDER, KEEPING THEIR PREMIERSHIP TITLE AMBITIONS ALIVE. BUT MYSTICS CAPTAIN ANNA HARRISON SAYS HER SIDE CAN'T AFFORD TO GET COMPLACENT HEADING INTO THE SECOND ROUND. WE GOTTA KEEP BUILDING ON IT. THERE'S JUST NO TIME IN THIS COMPETITION TO SIT BACK AND GO, 'AH, YEP, COOL. WE'RE GOING REALLY WELL.' WE NEED TO KEEP WORKING ON THOSE THINGS THAT WE KNOW THAT NEED TO BE BETTER. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST, LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES. PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN AND PARTNER CLARKE GAYFORD HAVE ARRIVED AT AUCKLAND HOSPITAL AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE BIRTH OF THEIR FIRST CHILD. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS THIS MORNING MADE A U-TURN ON THE TREATMENT OF MIGRANTS AT THE BORDER, SIGNING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT STOPS FAMILIES FROM BEING SEPARATED. '100%' BY KIWI ARTIST BOYCRUSH, FEATURING YUMI ZOUMA, PLAYS OUT THURSDAY'S WEATHER. (BOYCRUSH'S '100%' FEATURING YUMI ZOUMA) THANKS FOR JOINING US. FROM THE 1 NEWS MIDDAY TEAM, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY SHRUTIKA GUNANAYAGAM AND ALEX WALKER.