TONIGHT ` BRACE FOR A BLAST OF THE COLD. AND TAKE CARE ON THE ROADS AS WINTER STRIKES PARTS OF THE SOUTH ISLAND AND SLIPS BLOCK OFF STATE HIGHWAY 2 IN THE NORTH. ON TRACK FOR A VERY COSTLY YEAR OF WEATHER DAMAGE; WASHED OUT ROADS AND FLOODED HOMES ` WE ADD UP WHAT ALL THOSE STORMS HAVE COST SO FAR. AND THEY AIN'T PRETTY, BUT SOMEONE LOVES THEM. WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN THE 'WORLD'S UGLIEST DOG COMPETITION'. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND SHRUTIKA GUNANAYAGAM. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. GET READY FOR AN ICY BLAST ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AS THE WEATHER IS ABOUT TO GET PRETTY CHILLY. IT'S PROMPTED WARNINGS ABOUT ROAD SAFETY. SNOW AND ICE ARE ALREADY CAUSING CONCERN ON SOME ROADS IN THE SOUTH ISLAND, AND IN THE NORTH ISLAND, HEAVY RAINS AND SLIPS HAVE CUT OFF ACCESS TO STATE HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN THE EAST COAST AND BAY OF PLENTY. IT COULD TAKE DAYS TO CLEAR. AS SEAN HOGAN REPORTS, ONE YOUNG GISBORNE MAN IS COUNTING HIMSELF LUCKY AFTER NARROWLY MISSING THE ROCKFALL HE CAPTURED ON CAMERA. AS THE WAIOEKA GORGE STARTED TO CRUMBLE,... OH (BLEEP)! (LAUGHS INCREDULOUSLY) ...MICHAEL TABUDRAVU KNEW IT WAS TIME TO MOVE. A STONE PROBABLY, LIKE, THAT BIG, LIKE, JUST MISSED MY LEG, AND I WAS, LIKE, 'OH SHUCKS, BETTER GET OUT OF THE WAY.' BUT AS THE 20-YEAR-OLD FILMED THE HILLSIDE TUMBLING DOWN ON TO STATE HIGHWAY 2 YESTERDAY, HE WAS CAUGHT IN TWO MINDS. GET OUT OF THE WAY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, KIND OF, KEEP ON FILMING. (CHUCKLES) IT'S LEFT 7000 TONS OF DIRT TO CLEAN UP, AND THE STABILITY OF THE LANDSCAPE IS NOW IN QUESTION. WE'VE GOT CREWS THAT HAVE COME IN FROM BOTH THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN SIDES, SO THEY ARE ATTACKING BOTH SIDES OF THE SLIP. BUT WITH THE VOLUME OF THE MATERIAL, IT'S GONNA BE DAYS BEFORE THEY CAN GET ONE LANE OPEN AGAIN. STATE HIGHWAY 2 LINKS GISBORNE AND OPOTIKI THROUGH THE UREWERAS ` NORMALLY A TWO-HOUR JOURNEY. NOW DRIVERS FACE A GRUELLING FOUR-HOUR DETOUR AROUND THE EAST COAST'S SH35. WE'RE THROWING THE RESOURCES AT IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN AND AS SAFELY AS POSSIBLE. THIS MORNING WINTER MADE ITS PRESENCE FELT ON ROADS ACROSS THE SOUTH ISLAND, ARTHUR'S PASS OFF-LIMITS FOR A TIME. THEY SEEM TO PANIC WHEN THEY GET 3MM OF SNOW THESE DAYS. ALWAYS LOVE A BIT OF SNOW ON THE ROADS ` MAKES IT A BIT INTERESTING. HOWEVER, MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT, WITH AN ICY BLAST SET TO ENGULF THE WHOLE COUNTRY. WELL, WE'LL BE SEEING THIS SYSTEM SLIDE THROUGH. IT WILL ACTUALLY BE BRINGING ITS RISK OF SNOW TOMORROW DURING THE DAY ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND, SO THE RIMUTAKA COULD BE SEEING SOME SNOW THERE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WE'VE HEARD PREDICTIONS OF MINUS-4 AT WAIOURU, SO THAT WILL CERTAINLY MAKE CHALLENGING DRIVING ON STATE HIGHWAY 1, THE DESERT ROAD, AND IF WE FEEL IT'S UNSAFE FOR MOTORISTS, WE WILL CLOSE IT. MICHAEL TABUDRAVU IS ONE MOTORIST HAPPY TO TAKE IT SLOWLY ON HIS NEW ROUTE HOME TO ROTORUA, HOPING NO MORE SLIPS BLOCK HIS PATH. SEAN HOGAN, 1 NEWS. WHILE MORE WINTRY WEATHER IS ON ITS WAY, WE ARE ON TRACK TO BREAK THE RECORD FOR THE MOST EXPENSIVE YEAR FOR STORM DAMAGE. THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN MORE THAN $200M WORTH OF INSURANCE CLAIMS CAUSED BY EXTREME WEATHER, AS MEI HERON REPORTS. THE COUNTRY HAS TAKEN A BATTERING THIS YEAR, COSTING US MORE THAN FIRST THOUGHT. EX-CYCLONE FEHI CAUSING CHAOS ON THE WEST COST IN FEBRUARY ` INSURERS PAYING OUT NEARLY $46M. SOON AFTER, FORMER CYCLONE GITA COSTING US $35M. IN APRIL, HEAVY RAIN DESTROYING DOZENS OF HOMES IN ROTORUA ` $16M OF DAMAGE. Climate change is upon us. We've seen the biggest year last year. We've seen this year looking like it's going to be the biggest. THE COST OF WEATHER-RELATED DAMAGE HAS BEEN RISING. IT PEAKED LAST YEAR AT $243M. AND AFTER JUST FOUR MONTHS THIS YEAR, WE'RE ALREADY AT $200M. THIS IS UNLIKELY TO BE THE LAST RECORD-BREAKING YEAR, WHICH IS WHY RESEARCHERS ARE LOOKING INTO WHICH TYPES OF BUILDINGS ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE DAMAGED IN A STORM, TO PREVENT THOSE CLEAN-UP COSTS FROM SPIRALLING. WE'VE NOTICED THAT NEW BUILDINGS ARE HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOOD DAMAGE, AND THIS IS BECAUSE NEW BUILDINGS ARE GENERALLY CONSTRUCTED ON CONCRETE-SLAB FOUNDATIONS, WHICH ARE LOCATED LOWER TO GROUND LEVEL. WITH THE RISK INSURANCE PREMIUMS COULD RISE, HE'S WARNING COUNCILS AND BUILDERS NEED TO BE PREPARING FOR MORE STORMS. THOSE CONSTRUCTING THOSE BUILDINGS NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT FLOOD-RESISTANT MATERIALS CAN BE USED INSIDE BUILDINGS TO LESSEN THE DAMAGE. THE RECORD COULD BE BROKEN SOONER THAN EXPECTED, WITH COSTS FROM RECENT STORMS, INCLUDING THE FLOODING IN GISBORNE THIS MONTH, YET TO BE CALCULATED. A SECOND DAY OF NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN NURSES AND HEALTH BOSSES HAS AGAIN FAILED TO RESULT IN A RESOLUTION OVER PAY DISPUTES. TALKS TOOK PLACE IN WELLINGTON, IN A LAST-DITCH ATTEMPT TO STOP INDUSTRIAL ACTION PLANNED FOR NEXT MONTH. 24-HOUR STRIKES ARE PLANNED FOR THE 5TH AND 12TH OF JULY. NURSES WANT MORE MONEY, AFTER REJECTING A DEAL WORTH NEARLY $500M. AND AROUND 4000 PUBLIC SERVANTS ALSO LOOK SET TO TAKE STRIKE ACTION OVER THEIR PAY NEXT MONTH. UNION MEMBERS AT THE MINISTRY OF BUSINESS INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT AND IRD VOTED FOR THE INDUSTRIAL ACTION. WORKERS WILL WALK OFF THE JOB FOR TWO HOURS OVER TWO DAYS IN JULY. IT'S THE FIRST STRIKE FOR INLAND REVENUE IN OVER 20 YEARS. THERE'S A LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN THE PLAN TO ERADICATE MYCOPLASMA BOVIS FROM THE GOVERNMENT'S OWN EXPERTS. THAT'S ACCORDING TO NEW DOCUMENTS REVEALING THE ADVISORY PANEL IS SPLIT OVER WHETHER GETTING RID OF THE DISEASE IS NOW EVEN POSSIBLE. HERE'S POLITICAL REPORTER BENEDICT COLLINS. FARMERS IN PALMERSTON NORTH TODAY ANXIOUS ABOUT MYCOPLASMA BOVIS. I'M SURE THERE'S EITHER SOME WORRIES OR CONCERNS THAT YOU'VE GOT. THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO ERADICATE THE DISEASE AT A COST OF NEARLY $900M, BUT FARMERS ARE SPLIT OVER THE PLAN. AS NEW ZEALANDERS, WE DO NEED TO GIVE IT A GO. WE'D RATHER GET RID OF IT THAN LIVE WITH IT, SO I HOPE THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL. I THINK IT'S BEEN IN THE COUNTRY LONGER THAN PEOPLE THINK, AND I THINK ERADICATION IS VERY, VERY SLIM. NEWLY RELEASED DOCUMENTS SHOW THE GOVERNMENT'S TECHNICAL ADVISORY GROUP IS DIVIDED TOO. FOUR MEMBERS SAY ERADICATION IS NO LONGER ACHIEVABLE OR ECONOMICALLY RATIONAL. AND WHILE THE OTHER SIX BELIEVE ERADICATION IS TECHNICALLY POSSIBLE, THERE ARE SOME RED FLAGS. IT IS CLEAR ALL 10 HAVE CONCERNS. THE PANEL SAYS THE MOVEMENT OF ANIMALS AROUND THE COUNTRY RECENTLY, INCLUDING ON GYPSY DAY, IS HIGHLY LIKELY TO SPREAD THE DISEASE FURTHER. THE BIG QUESTION IS, HAVE MPI IDENTIFIED EVERY HERD THAT'S GOT INFECTED ANIMALS IN IT? AND THE SHORT ANSWER IS, 'PROBABLY NOT.' WE HAD IN PLACE MOVEMENT CONTROLS ` WE'VE SEEN NO EVIDENCE OF ANY FURTHER SPREAD FROM THAT. THE EXPERT'S ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT KILLING ENTIRE HERDS IS HAVING ON FARMERS. THEY'RE WORRIED THAT THE HARM THAT THIS IS CAUSING IS OUTWEIGHING THE BENEFITS OF ERADICATION. AND A PAPER TO CABINET HAS WARNED OF THE ONGOING RISKS OF FARMERS SELF-HARMING OR TAKING THEIR OWN LIVES. THEY'VE BUILT UP THEIR HERDS, THEY LOVE THEIR ANIMALS, AND TO SEE A HERD DEPOPULATED, YOU KNOW, IS A REALLY TOUGH THING. IT'S REALLY HARD ON THE FAMILIES WHO ARE DIRECTLY IN THE FIRING LINE, THOSE WHO HAVE HAD TO CULL THEIR HERDS ` VERY TOUGH. WE'VE HAD MANY WHO HAVE DONE THAT. FOUR MORE FARMS ARE CONFIRMED TO BE INFECTED WITH THE DISEASE, TAKING THE TOTAL TO 53. THE GOVERNMENT WILL REASSESS WHETHER ERADICATION IS STILL FEASIBLE IN SPRING, BUT FOR NOW IT BELIEVES THE PROGRAMME IS ON TRACK. BENEDICT COLLINS, 1 NEWS. TE REO IS NOW BEING USED TO WELCOME AND CAUTION PASSENGERS ON AUCKLAND'S TRAINS. IT'S PART OF A PLAN TO GET MORE OF THE MAORI LANGUAGE SPOKEN ON THE TRANSPORT NETWORK. HELEN CASTLES REPORTS. IT'S A SMALL STEP FORWARD ON THE TE REO JOURNEY BUT A SIGNIFICANT ONE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN MAORI, BUT IT WON'T BE THE LAST. FROM TOMORROW, ALL WELCOME AND SAFETY MESSAGES ON AUCKLAND TRAINS WILL BE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND TE REO. THE IDENTIFICATION AND THE PROPER PRONUNCIATION OF OUR PLACE NAMES IN TAMAKI MAKAURAU IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND IF WE CAN MAKE THAT AN EVERYDAY THING WHILE PEOPLE ARE HAVING A COFFEE ON THE TRAIN OR, YOU KNOW, EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEY'RE LISTENING TO THE PROPER PRONUNCIATION, THEN THAT'S A WIN FOR US. THIS COMES AS INTEREST IN LEARNING TE REO SOARS IN POPULARITY. THERE ARE CURRENTLY THOUSANDS OF KIWIS ON WAITING LISTS TO GET INTO CLASSES. I RECKON IT'S GOOD, EH, YEAH. IT'S COOL TO HAVE A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE ON THE TRAIN, YEAH. WE'RE ORIGINALLY, YOU KNOW, THE MAORI CULTURE, SO IT'S GOOD TO JUST AT LEAST HAVE, YOU KNOW, WELCOMING ` IT'S NOT HARD TO DO. AUCKLAND TRANSPORT ALSO PLANS TO WORK WITH IWI TO TRANSLATE THE NAMES OF STATIONS ON ITS NETWORK. I GUESS PROPER PLACE NAMES FOR AVONDALE, FOR... MIDDLEMORE, OUR ASPIRATION IS TO GET THOSE PROPER NAMES PUT BACK... WITHIN THE SYSTEM. AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TRAINS; AUCKLAND TRANSPORT'S WORKING WITH OTHER PROVIDERS SO MAORI CAN BE USED ON THE CITY'S BUSES AND FERRIES TOO. HELEN CASTLES, 1 NEWS. TURKEY'S RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN HAS CLAIMED VICTORY IN THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, GIVING HIM ANOTHER FIVE YEARS OF POWER. ERDOGAN RECEIVED MORE THAN 52% OF THE VOTE AND HIS CLOSEST RIVAL, MUHARREM INCE, 31%. MR ERDOGAN HAS ALREADY LED THE COUNTRY FOR 15 YEARS, BUT, UNDER A NEW CONSTITUTION, WILL NOW GET SWEEPING POWERS, WHICH CRITICS SAY GIVE ONE MAN TOO MUCH INFLUENCE. THE BBC'S MARK LOWEN REPORTS FROM ISTANBUL. HIS DIEHARD BELIEVERS NEVER DOUBTED IT. the president has been re-elected with substantial new powers. TRANSLATOR: HE MEANS EVERYTHING TO US. TURKEY WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST WITHOUT HIM. IT WOULD HAVE CEASED TO EXIST. God willing we expect things to happen now. in Ankara the capital, the atmosphere was explosive. the winner of this election is democracy. he promised act more decisively against terrorist groups. he wants to fix the refugee crisis. the Constitution will move to a presidential system. there will be no Prime Minister. rule for almost 2 years, following an attempted coup. the main opposition said it would continue its democratic fight, whatever the result. in the south-east of the country, Kurds were celebrating their own victory. the pro-Kurdish party won enough votes to enter Parliament, and will form the main opposition. stamp for Erdogan. AND SHE'S LOST EVERYTHING BUT FOUND A SHED FULL OF REMORSE. DISGRACED TV STAR ROSEANNE BARR CHOKES BACK TEARS AND MAINTAINS SHE IS NOT A RACIST. SEVEN PEOPLE ARE DEAD, AFTER FLASH FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES IN NORTHERN VIETNAM, TRIGGERED BY TORRENTIAL RAIN. FIVE OTHERS ARE INJURED AND 12 MORE MISSING, WITH AUTHORITIES WARNING THERE ARE SLIM CHANCES THEY'LL BE FOUND ALIVE. IT HAS CAUSED CLOSE TO $5M WORTH OF DAMAGE. AND IN NEIGHBOURING THAILAND, SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS HAVE FAILED TO FIND A YOUTH FOOTBALL TEAM BELIEVED TRAPPED INSIDE A FLOODED CAVE. 12 BOYS AGED 11 TO 15 AND THEIR COACH WENT MISSING IN THE THAM LUANG NANG NON CAVE TWO DAYS AGO. DIVERS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GET INTO A CHAMBER TO SAUDI ARABIA NOW, WHERE WOMEN ARE NOW OFFICIALLY ALLOWED TO DRIVE. BUT CRITICS SAY IT'S ONLY ONE STEP AND THERE'S STILL A LONG WAY TO GO UNTIL SAUDI WOMEN ARE GIVEN THE SAME RIGHTS AS MEN. CHRIS CHANG EXPLAINS. AS THE DECADES-LONG DRIVING BAN ENDED AT MIDNIGHT, SAUDI WOMEN WERE DRIVING INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS. I'M SO HAPPY. NO WORDS CAN EXPLAIN WHAT I'M FEELING RIGHT NOW. WOMEN, MAINLY IN THE CITIES OF RIYADH AND JEDDAH, ARE MAKING THEIR FIRST FORAYS BEHIND THE WHEEL... I AM HEADING TO THE SUPERMARKET. ALL THE FAMILY SHOPPING NEEDS, AND GOING TO THE SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING ` NOW I CAN DO JUST BY MYSELF. WITH A DRIVER, YOU CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE SAFE. BUT WITH YOUR MOM, YOU ARE GUARANTEED THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE SAFE. ...AND ENJOYING THE SIMPLEST OF THINGS DRIVING FREEDOM BRINGS. (ENGINE ROARS) THE CAREFULLY MANAGED CELEBRATIONS INCLUDED A LAP AT THE FRENCH GRAND PRIX. ONE OF SAUDI ARABIA'S LEADING FEMALE MOTORSPORT FIGURES HAS NEVER DRIVEN ON A TRACK IN HER HOME COUNTRY. HERE, SHE MARKED THE OCCASION BY PUTTING PEDAL TO THE METAL IN AN F1 CAR. IT'S AMAZING, ESPECIALLY SEEING PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. SO BECAUSE TODAY IS A BIG DAY, SO A BIG THANKS TO SAUDI ARABIA, A BIG THANKS TO OUR KING, OUR BELOVED CROWN PRINCE. WE WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT. BUT FOR ALL THE SMILES, CYNICISM REMAINS. THOSE WHO CAMPAIGNED THE HARDEST FOR THE RIGHT TO DRIVE ARE STILL BEHIND BARS FOR SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE REGIME. AND THERE'S STILL A PERCEPTION OF WOMEN AS SECOND-CLASS CITIZENS IN A SYSTEM THAT BANS THEM FROM MARRYING, EVEN BANKING WITHOUT A MALE RELATIVE'S PERMISSION. I WILL BE HITTING THE ROAD BY MYSELF IN THE ROADS IN MY COUNTRY. SO FAR, THE NUMBER OF LICENCES HANDED OUT HAS NOT BEEN PUBLICISED, BUT IT'S EXPECTED TO BOOST EMPLOYMENT AND THE ECONOMY. FOR THESE WOMEN, IT'S JUST ANOTHER SMALL GAIN IN AN OTHERWISE DEEPLY CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY. CHRIS CHANG, 1 NEWS. STAYING IN THE U.S., AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, EMOTIONAL FIRST-HAND COMMENTS HAVE EMERGED FROM THE COMEDIAN AND ACTRESS ROSEANNE BARR, FOLLOWING THE RACIST TWEET THAT ENDED HER POPULAR SITCOM. THE ABC'S ERIELLE RESHEF HAS MORE. FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'RE HEARING ROSANNE BARR'S RAW REMORSE AFTER ABC CANCELLED HER SITCOM FOLLOWING HER CONTROVERSIAL TWEET. IN A TEARFUL TAPED PODCAST WITH LONG-TIME FRIEND THE SPIRITUAL LEADER RABBI SCHMULEY BOTEACH SHORTLY AFTER HER FIRING, THE EMBATTLED STAR CLAIMED HER COMMENT WAS MISINTERPRETED. ROSEANNE, OVERCOME WITH EMOTION,... ...SAYING SHE POSTED ABOUT FORMER WHITE HOUSE ADVISER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA VALERIE JARRETT WHILE ON AMBIEN, OUT OF A DISAGREEMENT WITH HER POLITICS. HER TWEET... WITHIN 12 HOURS, ABC CANCELLING THE COMEDIENNE'S SHOW, HER TALENT AGENCY ICN REFUSING TO REPRESENT HER. ROSEANNE ADAMANT SHE IS NOT A RACIST. KIWI SAILORS BLAIR TUKE AND PETER BURLING HAVE FALLEN SHORT OF CLAIMING A 'TRIPLE CROWN' OF BEING OLYMPIC AND AMERICA'S CUP CHAMPIONS AS WELL AS WINNING THE VOLVO OCEAN RACE. IN THE CLOSEST FINISH IN VOLVO HISTORY, CHINESE ENTRY DONGFENG CAME OUT ON TOP. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT JOY REID WAS THERE. DISAPPOINTMENT WAS WRITTEN ALL OVER BLAIR TUKE'S FACE ` SO CLOSE TO CREATING HISTORY. WE SAW THEM JUST 5 MILES BEFORE THE FINISH, SO, YEAH, PRETTY GUTTED. BUT, UM, MIXED EMOTIONS TOO. IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING JOURNEY, AND I'M SURE THAT'LL SINK IN SOON, ONCE THIS DISAPPOINTMENT PASSES. YOU'D BE HARD-PRESSED TO SCRIPT A MORE NAIL-BITING FINISH, EIGHT MONTHS OF RACING COMING DOWN TO THE FINAL MINUTES. THE CROWDS WERE MESMERISED. THE APP'S GETTING THRASHED. (LAUGHS) EVERY THREE MINUTES, YOU'RE LOOKING, AND IT'S CHANGING AND CHANGING. GOING INTO THE LAST LEG, THREE TEAMS WERE TIED AT THE TOP, BUT DONGFENG'S BOLD PUNT OF RACING ON THE COASTAL SIDE OF THE EXCLUSION ZONE PAID OFF, THE CHINESE BOAT SURGING AHEAD AT THE LAST MINUTE. MARCELL HAD SORT OF DRILLED IN THAT IT WAS A GOOD WAY TO GO, AND IT WON'T PAY UNTIL RIGHT AT THE END. AND I THINK THE FINGERNAILS OF THE WHOLE TEAM HAVE BEEN GNAWED OFF, WATCHING IN THE LAST SORT OF THREE TO FOUR HOURS. TWO KIWIS PART OF THE WINNING ACTION. THREE BOATS TIED GOING INTO THE LAST LEG, AND THEN A BIG SPLIT, DIFFERENT DECISIONS, ALL COMING TOGETHER AT THE END. YEAH, I MEAN YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR MORE. NO ONE KNOWS MORE ABOUT WHAT THE OTHER IS FEELING THAN THESE TWO KIWI SAILING LEGENDS, AS HOPES OF BECOMING THE FIRST OLYMPIC, AMERICAS CUP, AND VOLVO OCEAN RACE CHAMPION SLIPPED AWAY. OBVIOUSLY PRETTY DISAPPOINTING WE COULDN'T GIVE IT A BETTER SHOT. AND IT SEEMS PRETTY INCREDIBLE, YOU KNOW, SUCH A LONG RACE ENDS UP COMING DOWN TO A TINY DECISION AT THE END, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S DEFINITELY A LITTLE SAD, BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO? KIWI SAILING SONS PETER BURLING AND BLAIR TUKE MAY NOT HAVE MADE HISTORY TODAY, BUT HISTORY HAS IN FACT BEEN MADE, BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THERE HAVE BEEN WOMEN AS PART OF THE WINNING TEAM OF THE VOLVO OCEAN RACE. FOR MARIE AND I TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT YOU'RE THE FIRST TWO WOMEN TO WIN THE VOLVO OCEAN RACE IS A PRETTY SPECIAL THING, I GUESS. BUT DESPITE THE PHYSICAL PAIN OF 45,000 NAUTICAL MILES AT SEA,... THIS IS THE FIRST LEG THEY'VE BEEN THIS BAD ` SO, SO SORE. ...BOTH KIWIS SAY THEY HAVE UNFINISHED BUSINESS. MIGHT HAVE TO GIVE IT ANOTHER CRACK, I RECKON. BEATEN BUT NOT DEFEATED. JOY REID, 1 NEWS, THE HAGUE. JUST AHEAD ` A WEATHER TRY BEFORE WE SLOT HOME A FORECAST CONVERSION. AND, WITH A FACE ONLY A MOTHER COULD LOVE, BUT A TONGUE THAT COULD CLEAN THE CEILING, WE PRESENT THE WORLD'S UGLIEST DOG. WONKY EYES, LOUD BREATHING AND BAD TEETH ARE ACTUALLY AN ASSET IF YOU'RE AN ENTRANT IN THE 'WORLD'S UGLIEST DOG' CONTEST. THIS YEAR'S WINNER IS AN ENGLISH BULLDOG WITH ONE UNIQUE ATTRIBUTE. HERE'S THE ABC'S SAM CHAMPION. MAN: WORLD'S UGLIEST DOGS ROCK! YOU HAVE YOUR HAIRY DOGS... AND YOUR SCARY DOGS... ALL ROUGHING IT OUT ON STAGE FOR THE 30TH ANNUAL 'WORLD'S UGLIEST DOG CONTEST'. CANINES FROM ALL OVER FLAUNT WHAT SOME MIGHT CALL IMPERFECTIONS, FROM THEIR HAIR... NO MATTER WHAT WE DO TO IT, IT TURNS INTO DREADS. ...TO MAYBE UNUSUAL SOUNDS AND SNORTS. HE'S LOUD. HE MAKES INTERESTING NOISES. (PANTS CROAKILY) THOSE LAZY TONGUES AND DROOPY EYES ` WELL, THEY'RE ALL THE MORE REASON TO LOVE 'EM. THAT HAIR, IT'S NATURAL. IT'S REAL, AND IT'S SPECTACULAR. MANY OF THE CONTESTANTS ARE RESCUES GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE AT LOVE, NOW CATCHING THE JUDGES' ATTENTION TO GET THE TITLE. THE UGLIEST OF THEM ALL ` WOMAN: ZSA ZSA. MAN: ZSA ZSA! (APPLAUSE, CHEERING) AN ENGLISH BULLDOG (9) FROM MINNESOTA, OWNER MEGAN BRAINARD ATTRIBUTING THE WIN TO HER MANY IMPERFECTIONS. DEFINITELY HER SHOULDERS AND HER UNDERBITE AND EYE PROBLEMS. AND WHILE SOME MIGHT CALL ZSA ZSA UGLY ON THE OUTSIDE,... SHE HAS COME SO FAR, AND SHE IS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL IN MY EYES. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH PETER TOSH AND MICK JAGGER. (PETER TOSH AND MICK JAGGER'S 'DON'T LOOK BACK') THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON 'TONIGHT'. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND SHRUTIKA GUNANAYAGAM. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.