IT'S MIDDAY. THE DEATH TOLL FROM NEW ZEALAND'S WORST ROAD CRASH IN 13 YEARS RISES TO SEVEN. GET READY TO PAY MORE AT THE PUMP. THE GOVERNMENT CONFIRMS EXCISE TAX WILL INCREASE THE PRICE OF PETROL. AND HISTORY IS MADE AT THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP, BUT IT'S NOT THE KIND GERMANY WANTED. CAPTIONS BY CHELSEA BRADY AND ANTONY VLUG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 AHI AHI MARIE. GOOD AFTERNOON. A SEVENTH PERSON HAS DIED IN THE COUNTRY'S DEADLIEST ROAD ACCIDENT IN 13 YEARS. YESTERDAY, TWO VEHICLES HIT HEAD-ON ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 3, NEAR THE WAVERLEY RACECOURSE. 1 NEWS REPORTER ARRUN SOMA IS IN WAVERLEY AND FILED THIS REPORT. WE LEARNED FROM A STATEMENT FROM POLICE THIS MORNING THAT A SEVENTH PERSON HAS PASSED AWAY FROM THIS HORRIFIC CRASH. THE 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL THAT WAS FLOWN TO WAIKATO HOSPITAL YESTERDAY WITH SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS IN A CRITICAL STATE YESTERDAY PASSED AWAY THIS MORNING. THERE IS ONE SOLE SURVIVOR OF THIS CRASH, FROM THE SAME CAR. SHE'S A WOMAN YESTERDAY THAT WAS FLOWN TO WELLINGTON HOSPITAL. FROM THAT CAR, THERE WAS ALSO A MAN WHO PASSED AWAY AS WELL AS A NEWBORN BABY. IN THE OTHER CAR THAT TRAVELLING NORTHBOUND WAS FOUR OCCUPANTS, FOUR ELDERLY PEOPLE, WHO ALSO PASSED AWAY AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH. I'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO LOCALS, WHO'VE TOLD US THAT THEY WERE ALL FROM THIS AREA, FROM WAVERLY, SO PEOPLE HERE ARE IN DISBELIEF AS REALITY STARTS TO SET IN. TODAY I SPOKE TO THE LOCAL FIRE CHIEF FROM THIS AREA. HIS CREW, VOLUNTEER CREW, RESPONDED YESTERDAY TO THIS CRASH. WE DON'T OFTEN SEE THINGS LIKE THAT, SO TO SOME IT WAS NEW. TO SOME OF US GUYS WHO'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME, WE'VE SEEN IT BEFORE, AND IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU SEE IT. IT'S STILL DIFFICULT. AS POLICE CONTINUE TO TALK TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THOSE WHO PASSED AWAY IN THIS CRASH, THEY'RE ALSO TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER EXACTLY HOW THIS CRASH HAPPENED. LOCALS HAVE TOLD US THAT THE CORNER THIS CRASH HAPPENED ON WAS, QUOTE, NASTY. THERE WAS TALK OF ICE ON THE ROAD, BUT POLICE THEN SAID THAT THE CONDITIONS WERE DRY. THERE'S ALSO BEEN SPECULATION ABOUT SUNSTRIKE BEING A POSSIBLE FACTOR, BUT OF COURSE, A LOT OF THIS IS SPECULATION. POLICE WILL BE TRYING TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS AND GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT CAUSED THIS MOST SERIOUS INCIDENT. ONE PERSON HAS DIED THIS MORNING AFTER THEIR VAN ROLLED DOWN A BANK NEAR WAIOURU. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE ON STATE HIGHWAY 1 NEAR UTIKU AROUND 3.30 AM. THE PERSON WAS DEAD WHEN EMERGENCY SERVICES ARRIVED. AND A MAN'S BEEN INJURED AFTER PLUNGING DOWN A STEEP BANK ON PAEKAKARIKI HILL ROAD THIS MORNING. EMERGENCY SERVICES HAD TO USE A DRONE WITH A CAMERA TO FIND THE MAN WHO WAS TRAPPED IN HIS CAR IN DENSE BUSH. HE'S NOW BEEN AIRLIFTED TO WELLINGTON HOSPITAL. AND THE SERIOUS CRASH UNIT IS INVESTIGATING AFTER A WOMAN WAS STRUCK BY A TRUCK IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF ST LUKES JUST AFTER 9 THIS MORNING. SHE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WITH CRITICAL INJURIES. A SECURITY BREACH AT AUCKLAND AIRPORT'S CAUSED MAJOR DELAYS TODAY. A PERSON JUMPED THE BARRIER AND WENT THROUGH THE ARRIVAL DOORS IN THE DOMESTIC TERMINAL EARLIER THIS MORNING. PASSENGERS HAD TO BE PULLED OFF PLANES AND RESCREENED. AUCKLAND AIRPORT'S STILL TRYING TO LOCATE THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE. IT'S ABOUT TO COST YOU EXTRA TO FILL UP YOUR CAR WITH HIGHER FUEL PRICES ON THE WAY. THE GOVERNMENT'S ANNOUNCED THEY'RE HIKING THE FUEL EXCISE TAX BY 3.5C. BUT AS ANDREW MACFARLANE REPORTS, IT COULD HIT SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTRY HARDER THAN OTHERS. THE PRICE AT THE PUMP IS SET TO RISE AGAIN. THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCING AN INCREASE IN PETROL TAX NATIONWIDE BY 3.5c PER LITRE FROM OCTOBER 1ST. WE'RE GONNA UNCLOG THE CONGESTION IN OUR BIGGEST CITIES, RETURN FUNDING TO REGIONS THAT WERE STARVED OF CASH UNDER THE FORMER GOVERNMENT, AND MAKE A MASSIVE INVESTMENT IN SAFETY SO WE CAN REDUCE THE DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES ON THE ROAD. HIKES ARE PLANNED FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS ` A MOVE THE TRANSPORT MINISTER SAYS WILL FREE UP ANOTHER $5B OF INVESTMENT FOR TRANSPORT PROJECTS. BUT HE'S CONFIDENT THE EXTRA TAX WON'T HIT PEOPLE TOO HARD. SO, THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD WILL PAY AN INITIAL 83 CENTS A WEEK IN THE FIRST YEAR AS A RESULT OF TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT. THAT WILL RISE TO $2.50 IN THE THIRD YEAR. AND IT'S WORTH NOTHING THAT THAT IS ABOUT THE COST OF A TWO-ZONE BUS RIDE. BUT AUCKLANDERS COULD FEEL THE PINCH. THE LATEST INCREASE IS SEPARATE TO AUCKLAND COUNCIL'S REGIONAL FUEL TAX WHICH KICKS IN ON SUNDAY. IT'S INEVITABLE, BUT I THINK THERE'S STILL TOO MUCH TAX ON THE FUEL. SO THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD REALLY LOOK AT IT. IT'S JUST COSTING PEOPLE MORE MONEY IN NZ. I MEAN, THEY'RE GIVING WITH ONE HAND AND TAKING WITH THE OTHER. WE CAN'T EVEN PAY FOR OUR OWN RENT, AND THEY'RE PUTTING UP THE BLOODY PETROL. PEOPLE IN AUCKLAND HAVE HAD A GUTSFUL OF YEARS OF UNDERINVESTMENT. WE DON'T LIKE SPENDING HOURS EVERY DAY SITTING IN TRAFFIC. WE WANT IT FIXED. THEY WANT A GOVERNMENT THAT'S GONNA ROLL UP ITS SLEEVES AND GET ON WITH IT. AS TO WHAT EXACTLY THE CASH RAISED WILL BE SPENT ON, THAT'LL BE ANNOUNCED LATER TODAY. ANDREW MACFARLANE, 1 NEWS. A REPORT HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED INTO THE SINKING OF THE FISHING CHARTER BOAT 'FRANCIE' ON THE KAIPARA HARBOUR IN 2016 THAT LEFT EIGHT MEN DEAD. EMILY COOPER HAS JUST COME FROM A PRESS CONFERENCE, WHERE TRANSPORT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION STAFF HAVE DISCUSSED FINDINGS OF THE REPORT. SHE JOINS US WITH THE LATEST. The Transport Accident Investigation Commission has just finished a press conference here. They outlined their findings of their investigation. Conditions were calmer when the fishing vessel headed out into the harbour with 11 on-board. They spent the day fishing but later swells had increased significantly. Conditions were not safe for the vessel to cross the bar. It was struck by away from behind and capsise. Three survive the tragedy. One swim back to shore. The report says the conditions on the harbour were predictably unsuitable for the vessel to cross and the skipper had a propensity for crossing the harbour in adverse conditions. It has also found the importance of wearing life jackets. Those on board would have had a better chance of survival if they had been wearing life jackets. The commission has recommended it to Maritime New Zealand correctly fitted lifejackets like this one here be required on vessels that operate out of places like Kaipara Harbour. People have a low appreciation for the importance of wearing lifejackets. KAIKOURA'S SEAFOOD STOCKS ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH THE ONGOING EFFECTS OF THE 2016 EARTHQUAKE, ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH. DURING THE QUAKE, 21% OF THE PREVIOUSLY FISHED PAUA HABITATS WERE RAISED ABOVE SEA LEVEL, FORCING OFFICIALS TO IMPOSE A BAN. TWO YEARS ON, THE RESTRICTION LOOKS SET TO REMAIN IN PLACE AS STOCKS SHOW NO SIGNS OF RECOVERY IN THE WORST AFFECTED AREAS. WE'RE REALLY AT A CROSSROADS NOW, WHERE IF WE MAKE THE WRONG DECISIONS IT REALLY WILL AFFECT THE RESOURCE LONG-TERM. LOCALS HAVE BEEN SHOWN A RANGE OF NEW RESEARCH INTO THE QUAKE'S IMPACT, REVEALING VAST UNDERWATER EROSION AND WIDESPREAD UPLIFT OF COASTAL LAND. US SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ANTHONY KENNEDY HAS ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT THIS MORNING. THIS GIVES PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THE CHANCE TO CHOOSE HIS REPLACEMENT AND CEMENT CONSERVATIVE CONTROL OVER THE HIGH COURT. THE 81-YEAR-OLD IS STEPPING DOWN AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS AND WILL RETIRE ON JULY 31ST. THE ABC'S TERRY MORAN HAS THE LATEST. JUSTICE ANTHONY KENNEDY, WHO FOR DECADES SHAPED AMERICAN LAW AND LIFE BY THE SIMPLE FACT THAT HE WAS SO OFTEN THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE, LEFT THE SUPREME COURT HE LOVES WITH A SHORT LETTER, ONE HE HAND-DELIVERED TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND ADDRESSED TO 'MY DEAR MR PRESIDENT'. HE'S BEEN A GREAT JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT. PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO MADE CLEAR HE KNOWS THE STAKES COULD NOT BE HIGHER HERE. HE WILL NOW RESHAPE THE SUPREME COURT FOR DECADES WITH HIS CHOICE OF THE NEXT JUSTICE. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN CONSIDERED A TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT THING. SOME PEOPLE THINK OUTSIDE OF, OBVIOUSLY, WAR AND PEACE, IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT. AND THIS SUPREME COURT NOMINATION IS EVEN MORE CRUCIAL THAN MOST BECAUSE FEW JUSTICES IN AMERICAN HISTORY HAVE EXERCISED MORE POWER THAN ANTHONY KENNEDY. HE JOINED THE COURT IN 1988, APPOINTED BY RONALD REGAN. NO CONSERVATIVE FIREBRAND, HE FREQUENTLY AGONISED OVER THE BIG DECISIONS, BUT IN LANDMARK CASE AFTER CASE, KENNEDY'S CRUCIAL SWING VOTE DECIDED MAJOR ISSUES, DEFINING AMERICAN LAW AND SHAPING AMERICAN LIFE. IN HIS 2015 RULING THAT LEGALISED GAY MARRIAGE IN AMERICA, KENNEDY WROTE WITH DEEP FEELING. ALL OF THAT NOW COULD BE UP FOR GRABS. THE SUPREME COURT A HUGE ISSUE IN THE 2016 CAMPAIGN, AND THE VERY FIRST QUESTION IN THAT FINAL CONSEQUENTIAL DEBATE. THE CANDIDATES WERE ASKED WHERE THEY WANT THE COURT TO TAKE THE COUNTRY. I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT, IT REALLY RAISES THE CENTRAL ISSUE IN THIS ELECTION ` NAMELY, WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY ARE WE GOING TO BE? THE SUPREME COURT, IT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. OUR COUNTRY IS SO, SO` JUST SO IMPERATIVE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT JUSTICES. AS PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ALREADY PICKED ONE JUSTICE, NEIL GORSUCH, THAT'S ALREADY PAID OFF. GORSUCH CASTING A KEY VOTE THIS WEEK, UPHOLDING THE TRUMP TRAVEL BAN. AND NOW THE PRESIDENT WILL CHOOSE THE REPLACEMENT FOR GORSUCH'S MENTOR, THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE, ON WHOM SO MUCH HAS BEEN RIDING FOR SO LONG. THE US DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS RECEIVED A WAKE-UP CALL WITH A MILLENNIAL CANDIDATE DEFEATING A 10-TERM CONGRESSMAN IN THE PARTY'S NEW YORK PRIMARY. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ BEAT JOE CROWLEY, THE FOURTH HIGHEST RANKED DEMOCRAT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SHE WON WITH 57% OF THE VOTE. THE 28-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN TIPPED AS A FUTURE PARTY LEADER. A SUMMIT MEETING IS SET TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN. OFFICIALS SAY WASHINGTON AND THE KREMLIN ARE DUE TO ANNOUNCE FURTHER DETAILS, INCLUDING THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SUMMIT LATER TODAY. THERE'S SPECULATION THE MEETING COULD TAKE PLACE AROUND THE 10TH OF JULY IN EUROPE BEFORE PRESIDENT TRUMP MEETS WITH OTHER WORLD LEADERS. JOE JACKSON, FATHER AND CONTROVERSIAL MANAGER OF THE ICONIC JACKSON FIVE, INCLUDING THE LATE MICHAEL JACKSON, HAS DIED. MR JACKSON, WHO WAS ESTRANGED FROM MUCH OF HIS FAMILY OVER THE YEARS, HAD BEEN SUFFERING FROM CANCER. HE WAS 89. THE ABC'S MARCI GONZALEZ REPORTS. # ABC. # HE WAS THE MAN BEHIND THIS MUSICAL DYNASTY WITH A STRING OF HITS LIKE 'ABC'. JOE JACKSON LAUNCHED THE JACKSON 5 IN 1966 AND IS CREDITED WITH STARTING THE ICONIC SOLO CAREERS OF SON, MICHAEL, AND DAUGHTER, JANET. THE KING OF POP WAS LATER ESTRANGED FROM HIS FATHER. HE AND OTHER SIBLINGS ALLEGING YEARS OF PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL ABUSE. MICHAEL DESCRIBED HIS FEAR OF HIS FATHER IN THE 2003 MARTIN BASHIR DOCUMENTARY 'LIVING WITH MICHAEL JACKSON'. I MEAN, SCARED. SO SCARED THAT I WOULD REGURGITATE. YOU WOULD VOMIT? MM-HM. WHEN WOULD YOU VOMIT? WHAT WOULD PRODUCE THAT SORT OF REACTION IN YOU? HIS PRESENCE. JUST SEEING HIM. JOE JACKSON ADMITTED TO CNN IN 2013 HE DID PHYSICALLY DISCIPLINE HIS CHILDREN. I'M GLAD I WAS TOUGH, BECAUSE LOOK WHAT I CAME OUT WITH. I CAME OUT WITH SOME KIDS THAT EVERYBODY LOVED ALL OVER THE WORLD. JOE JACKSON DIED WEDNESDAY AT 89 OF PANCREATIC CANCER. THIS TWEET WAS SENT FROM HIS ACCOUNT JUST THREE DAYS EARLIER ` GRANDDAUGHTER PARIS SAYS IT WAS NOT WRITTEN BY JOE. OTHER REACTION FROM THE FAMILY, WITH GRANDSON RANDY JACKSON JR TWEETING ` STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` SICK OF MAKING PIZZA? WELL, MEET THE MACHINE THAT WILL DO IT FOR YOU. TEMPERATURES SOAR IN THE UK, BUT BRITONS WILL HAVE TO THINK AGAIN IF THEY WANT TO COOL DOWN WITH A BEER. AND THE WORLD CHAMPIONS TUMBLE OUT OF THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP. A DARK DAY FOR GERMANS IN RUSSIA. A WELLINGTON ART GALLERY IS APPEALING FOR A CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT KOROWAI TO BE RETURNED BEFORE ITS MATARIKI EXHIBITION OPENS TOMORROW. KURA GALLERY SAYS THE HAND-WOVEN TAONGA WAS MADE BY A RENOWNED WEAVER. IT SAYS IT'S BEEN TOLD A HOMELESS MAN WAS TRYING TO SELL THE KOROWAI ON A NEARBY STREET ON TUESDAY NIGHT. THE POLICE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. A CHRISTCHURCH START-UP COMPANY HAS WON AN INTERNATIONAL AWARD TO FURTHER DEVELOP THEIR ROBOT 'ALFIE'. 'ALFIE' WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR HUMANS TO ENTER CONFINED SPACES AND REDUCE THE RISK OF WORKPLACE INJURIES OR DEATH. THE ROBOT'S CURRENTLY BEING USED IN THE DAIRY AND AVIATION SECTOR, AND THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF INVERT ROBOTICS SAYS THIS ROBOT HAS THE ABILITY TO REVOLUTIONISE SOME INDUSTRIES. FOR GETTING EVERYBODY HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY SAFE FROM WORK ` REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. BUT ALSO GETTING THE INTEGRITY OF THOSE PROCESSING FACILITIES REALLY HIGH, BECAUSE THE MANUAL PROCESSES THEY USE TODAY, LIKE ROPE ACCESS OR SCAFFOLDING, ARE PRONE TO ERRORS. THE QUALITY OF THE INSPECTION IS LOWER. AND THAT IN ITSELF, POTENTIALLY, LEADS TO FAILURE OF THOSE ASSETS, WHICH COULD BE AN EXPLOSION IN THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO. THE NEXT STEP FOR INVERT ROBOTICS IS TO WIDEN THE INDUSTRIES ALFIE CAN BE USED IN. AND CONTINUING WITH ROBOTS, MEET ONE THAT'S MASTERED THE CULINARY ART OF PIZZA MAKING. THE PIZZA-IOLO THREE ARMED ROBOT IS CAPABLE OF SPREADING SAUCE ON THE PIZZA BASE, PUTTING IT IN THE OVEN, BOXING IT AND THEN CUTTING IT INTO SLICES. THE PIZZA MAKING MACHINE CAN DELIVER A PIZZA EVERY 30 SECONDS AND UP TO 120 AN HOUR. BUON APPETITO! BRITONS ARE SWELTERING IN 30 DEGREE HEAT, WITH RECORDS BEING BROKEN NEARLY EVERY DAY. THE MET OFFICE HAS ISSUED A HEAT HEALTH ALERT, AND IT'S SPARKED A MAJOR FIRE IN THE GREATER MANCHESTER AREA, NOW MEASURING 6KM2. 1 NEWS EUROPE CORRESPONDENT JOY REID SAYS IT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE ENGLAND'S HOTTEST JUNE IN 40 YEARS. It is causing quite a few problems. There are issues for the rail network. Trains are going slower. There is health warnings in place. There are issues for people with vulnerable health and the elderly. When you are in these temperatures. THE TIMING COULDN'T BE WORSE, WITH THE UK'S BIGGEST PUB GROUP SAYING ITS BEER STOCKS ARE RUNNING DANGEROUSLY LOW AS A CO2 GAS SHORTAGE CONTINUES TO HIT THE FOOD AND DRINK SECTOR. WHOLESALERS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO RATION HOW MUCH PRODUCT THEY'RE SUPPLYING TO BARS. TO SPORT, AND IT'S BEEN THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP RESULT THAT'S STUNNED THE WORLD. GERMANY HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM THE GROUP STAGES OF THE TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY AFTER A 2-0 DEFEAT TO SOUTH KOREA. VICTOR WATERS HAS ALL THE DRAMA FROM RUSSIA. THEY'RE THE SCENES NO ONE BELIEVED THEY'D EVER SEE. THEY'RE WORLD CUP IS OVER. THEY ARE BOTTOM OF THE GROUP. THEY'VE LOST TWO GROUP GAMES. GERMANY ELIMINATED FROM THE WORLD CUP'S GROUP STAGES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY. FOR 80 YEARS, THE GERMANS HAD ALWAYS MADE IT TO THE FINAL EIGHT. UNTIL TODAY. FLICKED TOWARDS THE NEAR POST, BOUNCING AROUND DANGEROUSLY. AND SOUTH KOREA HAVE SCORED! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? BUT THE WORLD CUP'S SO CALLED 'HOLDER'S CURSE' WASN'T DONE YET. THERE'S GONNA BE ANOTHER GOAL HERE. THIS WILL BE IT. SON HEUNG-MIN. 2-0. THAT IS IT. ALL OVER. GERMANY NOW THE THIRD STRAIGHT DEFENDING CHAMPION TO BE ELIMINATED IN THE GROUPS STAGES. BACK IN BERLIN, IT WAS ALL TOO MUCH TO BARE. THE FOUR-TIME CHAMPIONS LEAVE RUSSIA IN TEARS AFTER THEIR MOST HUMILIATING DEFEAT. THE WHOLE OF GERMANY WILL BE IN FOOTBALL MOURNING. BUT JUST WHO WILL NEXT TAKE THE CROWN IS STILL ANYONE'S GUESS. VICTOR WATERS, 1 NEWS. AND THAT SHOCK ELIMINATION WAS ALSO MET WITH THE SURPRISE QUALIFICATION OF SWEDEN, WHO FINISHED TOP OF GROUP F. THE SCANDINAVIANS PUMMELLED MEXICO 3-0 TO MAKE THE KNOCKOUTS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2006. TRULY BELIEVED THAT THE GROUP WAS THEIRS FOR THE TAKING. ON BY THELIN! IT'S ENDED UP IN THE NET. IT'S AN OWN GOAL! SWEDEN LEAD BY 3. IT'S ALVAREZ WHO HAS KNOCKED IT PAST OCHOA. THE DEFEAT WAS ENOUGH FOR MEXICO, THOUGH, WHO WILL MEET BRAZIL IN THE SECOND ROUND AFTER THE FIVE-TIME CHAMPS OVERPOWERED SERBIA 2-0. BRILLIANT HEADER ` THIAGO SILVA! AND BRAZIL NOW COULD WELL BE MARCHING THROUGH TO THE ROUND OF 16. ELSEWHERE, SWITZERLAND SECURED THEIR PLACE IN THE NEXT ROUND WITH A 2-2 DRAW WITH COSTA RICA. AND IN AN IMPRESSIVE TEAM EFFORT, THE WAIKATO BAY OF PLENTY MAGIC HAVE DEFEATED THE NORTH MYSTICS 67 TO 52, KEEPING THE MAGIC'S PLAY-OFF HOPES ALIVE. SKIPPER CASEY KOPUA SAY SHE'S PROUD OF HER TEAM'S PERFORMANCE. WOW. THAT WAS SO INTENSE AND PHYSICAL, BUT COMPETITIVE. IT JUST GOES TO SHOW IF WE PLAY GOOD, SOLID NETBALL HOW GOOD IT CAN FEEL. SEVEN-TIME WIMBLEDON TENNIS CHAMPION SERENA WILLIAMS HAS BEEN NAMED THE 25TH SEED FOR THIS YEAR'S TOURNAMENT, DESPITE BEING OUTSIDE THE TOP 32. BUT HER RETURN TO THE ALL-ENGLAND CLUB FOLLOWING THE BIRTH OF HER FIRST CHILD LAST SEPTEMBER HASN'T BEEN TO EVERYONE'S LIKING. THE BBC'S ANDY SWISS EXPLAINS. MAKING AN EXCEPTION FOR ONE OF SPORT'S MOST EXCEPTIONAL TALENTS. THERE WE ARE. GAME, SET AND MATCH. IT'S SERENA WILLIAMS AGAIN. THIS WAS THE LAST TIME WE SAW SERENA WILLIAMS AT WIMBLEDON, IN 2016, CHAMPION ONCE MORE. THEN A NEW ARRIVAL, BABY ALEXIS, AND WILLIAMS TOOK A YEAR AWAY FROM SPORT, BUT BECAUSE OF THAT BREAK, HER RANKING PLUMMETED. SHE'S CURRENTLY THE WORLD 183. DESPITE THAT, THOUGH, WIMBLEDON HAVE NAMED HER AS ONE OF THEIR 32 SEEDS. NUMBER 25 IN FACT, WHICH MEANS SHE'LL AVOID OTHER TOP PLAYERS IN THE EARLY ROUNDS. BUT IT IS A CONTROVERSIAL DECISION. WIMBLEDON NORMALLY SEEDS PLAYERS IN LINE WITH THE RANKINGS. AND WILLIAM'S PROMOTION MEANS THE WORLD NUMBER 32, DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA ISN'T SEEDED ` SOMETHING SHE SAID YESTERDAY WOULD BE UNFAIR. I DON'T KNOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS EVER HAPPENED BEFORE. MY OPINION ABOUT THAT IS I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR. AND I DON'T THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. IN THE PAST, OTHER TOP PLAYERS WHO'VE RETURNED FROM HAVING CHILDREN, SUCH AS FORMER NUMBER ONE VICTORIA AZARENKA, HAVEN'T BEEN SEEDED, BUT TENNIS FANS TODAY LARGELY SUPPORTED WIMBLEDON'S DECISION. IF I HAD A BABY AND WENT BACK TO WORK, TO GO BACK TO WHERE I WAS, NOT BE PUT RIGHT BACK AT THE BOTTOM AND NOT HAVE A CHANCE. WILLIAMS WASN'T SEEDED AT LAST MONTH'S FRENCH OPEN AND STILL REACHED THE LAST 16. WITH THIS EXTRA LIFT, THEN HERE WIMBLEDON RIVALS WILL CERTAINLY BE WATCHING OUT. 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 ` A SEVENTH PERSON HAS DIED FOLLOWING A TWO-CAR HEAD-ON CRASH IN SOUTH TARANAKI YESTERDAY ` NEW ZEALAND'S DEADLIEST CRASH IN 13 YEARS. THE GOVERNMENT'S ANNOUNCED IT'LL INCREASE PETROL PRICES FROM OCTOBER TO FUND THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST EVER TRANSPORT PLAN. AND HOT FAVOURITES GERMANY HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OUT OF THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP AFTER LOSING 2-0 TO SOUTH KOREA. LETS TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY CHELSEA BRADY AND ANTONY VLUG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.