IT'S MIDDAY. THE POLICE LAUNCH A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION AFTER THE BODY OF A 2-YEAR-OLD IS PULLED FROM A BAY OF PLENTY RIVER. THE MANHUNT CONTINUES FOR THE GUNMAN WHO SHOT A PERSON IN INVERCARGILL. AND ANOTHER FAVOURITE FALLS AT THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP, AS A PENALTY SHOOTOUT ENDS SPAIN'S CAMPAIGN. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND GLENNA CASALME. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018. POLICE HAVE OPENED A HOMICIDE INQUIRY AFTER THE BODY OF A 2-YEAR-OLD WAS RECOVERED FROM A RIVER NEAR WHAKATANE. THE GIRL WAS REPORTED MISSING IN THE MATAHINA DAM AREA LAST NIGHT, WITH A SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM LOCATING HER BODY IN THE RANGITAIKI RIVER AT AROUND 11. THE 2-YEAR-OLD WAS REPORTEDLY CARRIED INTO THE WATER BY A MALE. POLICE SAY THEY'RE SPEAKING TO A PERSON OF INTEREST AND ARE NOT LOOKING FOR ANYONE IN RELATION TO THE INCIDENT. POLICE ARE STILL HUNTING A GUNMAN WHO SHOT A MAN IN THE LEG IN INVERCARGILL ON SATURDAY MORNING. THE VICTIM'S IN A STABLE CONDITION, RECOVERING IN HOSPITAL FOLLOWING SURGERY. POLICE ARE URGING ANY WITNESSES TO THE SHOOTING NEAR QUEEN'S PARK TO COME FORWARD. A GUN HAS BEEN FOUND, AND POLICE SAY ALTHOUGH THE MANHUNT IS ONGOING, THERE'S NO THREAT TO THE PUBLIC. AN 18-YEAR-OLD MAN HAS APPEARED IN THE CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT THIS MORNING VIA VIDEOLINK CHARGED WITH THE ALLEGED MURDER OF OLIVER JOHNSTON. THE 20-YEAR-OLD'S BODY WAS FOUND OVER THE WEEKEND AFTER A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION WAS LAUNCHED AT A RURAL PROPERTY IN WOODEND LAST WEEK. THE ALLEGED MURDER OCCURRED BETWEEN JUNE 23 AND 28. THE ACCUSED HAS INTERIM NAME SUPPRESSION AND WILL REAPPEAR IN THE HIGH COURT ON JULY 20 HIGH-SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ARE DESCRIBING THE NCEA REVIEW AS SHUFFLING THE DECKCHAIRS ON THE TITANIC WHILE AN ICEBERG LOOMS. YESTERDAY, NEARLY 40 PRINCIPALS JOINED FORCES PLACING FULL-PAGE NEWSPAPER ADS SLAMMED THE REVIEW AS RUSHED, FLAWED AND A FAILURE. THE EDUCATION MINISTER SAYS WHILE THEIR VOICE IS IMPORTANT, IT'S NOT THE ONLY ONE. MICHAEL CROPP REPORTS. SOME SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SAY THEY'RE IN THE CLASSROOM THE MOST, SO THE EDUCATION MINISTER SHOULD BE ASKING THEM THE MOST IN THE NCEA REVIEW. ACTUALLY, HE HASN'T CONSULTED PRINCIPALS, AND HE'S ONLY COMING TO THE PARTY LATE, WHICH IS A SHAME. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY IS, 'MINISTER, PLEASE, 'WE KNOW THIS STUFF, WE WANNA MAKE THIS WORK ` 'WE AGREE THERE SHOULD BE A REVIEW. LET'S DO THIS PROPERLY.' THERE ARE SEVEN PEOPLE ON THE MINISTER'S REVIEW PANEL. JUST ONE IS A PRINCIPAL. BUT THE KEY PEOPLE WHO KNOW THIS STUFF, WHO DO THIS STUFF, INCLUDING THE QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY THEMSELVES, ARE MISSING. MCMILLAN SAYS IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON THE SUPPLY OF GOOD TEACHERS, AND HE'S NOT ALONE. THE SECONDARY PRINCIPALS ASSOCIATION, WHICH REPRESENTS MORE THAN 300 PRINCIPALS, SAYS THE LACK OF ENGAGEMENT IS UNACCEPTABLE. OUR TEACHERS AND OUR PRINCIPALS, THEY'RE EXPERTS ON NCEA ` THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND THOUGHTS SHOULD'VE BEEN GATHERED PROPERLY. THE POST-PRIMARY TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION DISAGREES, BELIEVING THIS IS JUST THE START OF THE CONVERSATION ON NCEA. THE EDUCATION MINISTER SAYS THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE TO BE HEARD. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS IS NOT JUST CAPTURED BY TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS, THOUGH THEIR VIEWS ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND EMPLOYERS AND UNIVERSITIES AND POLYTECHNICS AND EVERYBODY ELSE ALSO HAS THE CHANCE TO HAVE THEIR SAY ON IT. IF NEEDED, CHRIS HIPKINS IS PREPARED TO EXTEND THE CONSULTATION PERIOD BEYOND MID-SEPTEMBER. MICHAEL CROPP, 1 NEWS. THE GOVERNMENT IS LIFTING THE STUDENT LOAN CAP FOR THOSE STUDYING LONG DEGREES SUCH AS MEDICINE. THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT CAPPED LOANS AT SEVEN YEARS. FROM NEXT YEAR, LOANS WILL BE CAPPED AT 10 YEARS. THE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION SAYS THIS WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR STUDENTS FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS TO GET THEIR DEGREES. IT'S BEEN A CHAOTIC MORNING ON AUCKLAND'S ROADS, WITH A FATAL CRASH CAUSING SEVERE DELAYS HEADING INTO THE CITY. TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP FOR HOURS ON THE NORTHWESTERN MOTORWAY AFTER A MOTORCYCLIST COLLIDED WITH A RUBBISH TRUCK NEAR THE ST LUKE'S OFF-RAMP JUST AFTER 6. WHILE NO ONE ELSE WAS INJURED, POLICE HAVE CLOSED A LARGE PART OF THE MOTORWAY TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE. WITH ONE LANE OPEN, THE TRANSPORT AGENCY IS STILL WARNING MOTORISTS TO AVOID THE AREA. AND FURTHER SOUTH, ONE PERSON HAS DIED AND ANOTHER HAS BEEN INJURED FOLLOWING A CRASH. A CAR AND A TRUCK COLLIDED ON STATE HIGHWAY 96, NEAR BROWNS, AROUND 7 LAST NIGHT. THE ROAD WAS CLOSED FOR SOME TIME BUT HAS SINCE REOPENED. THE SERIOUS CRASH UNIT IS INVESTIGATING. AFTER THREE MONTHS OF BEING IN LIMBO, FLIGHTS WILL RESUME TO AUCKLAND FROM THE KAPITI COAST. IN MARCH, AIR NEW ZEALAND ANNOUNCED IT WAS PULLING OUT OF THE KAPITI COAST ROUTE. NOT LONG AFTER, AIR CHATHAMS SAID IT WOULD LOOK INTO TAKING OVER THE FLIGHTS. THAT'S NOW BEEN CONFIRMED WITH THE HELP OF THE LOCAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. AIR CHATHAMS ARE LOOKING AT PUTTING ON AROUND 36 FLIGHTS A WEEK. THE FIRE SERVICE IS REMINDING KIWI HOUSEHOLDS TO TAKE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN USING HEATING DEVICES THIS WINTER AFTER AN ELDERLY MAN DIED IN A DWELLING FIRE LAST WEEK. FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEW ZEALAND SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT TO OBSERVE THE HEATER METRE RULE, ENSURING ALL OBJECTS ARE AT LEAST 1M AWAY FROM YOUR HEATING SOURCE. THE NATIONAL FIRE RISK MANAGEMENT ADVISOR SAYS LAST YEAR THEY ATTENDED MORE THAN 100 HEATING-RELATED CALL-OUTS. PEOPLE WRAPPING THEMSELVES ELECTRIC BLANKETS IS PROBABLY THE MOST EXTREME EXAMPLE, BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING ABSOLUTE HEATING TO THE BODY ALL THE WAY AROUND, AND THEY'RE JUST HORRIFIC BURNS AND INJURIES THAT OCCUR FROM DOING THOSE THINGS. BUT WE ALSO SEE PEOPLE TRYING TO DRY CLOTHES AT THIS TIME OF YEAR USING OTHER HEATING DEVICES YOU WOULDN'T NORMALLY ASSOCIATE WITH THAT. GRUESOME FOOTAGE RELEASED BY ANIMAL WELFARE GROUP 'SAFE' HAS EXPOSED A BODY PIT CONTAINING HUNDREDS OF DEAD COWS AND CALVES ON A NORTHLAND FARM. AND A WARNING ` SOME VIEWERS MIGHT FIND THIS FOOTAGE DISTURBING. THE PIT IS AT THE SAME DAIRY FARM AT THE CENTRE OF LAST WEEK'S BASHING EXPOSE. 'SAFE' CLAIMS THE PIT WASN'T EXAMINED BY THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES WHEN THEY VISITED THE PROPERTY EARLIER THIS YEAR. THEY'RE CALLING FOR MPI TO BE STRIPPED OF ITS ANIMAL WELFARE RESPONSIBILITIES AND FOR AN INDEPENDENT MINISTRY TO BE CREATED. DOZENS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS ARE PROTESTING AT THE SITE OF A PROPOSED MEGA DAIRY FARM IN MACKENZIE, SOUTH OF CANTERBURY. PROTESTERS HAVE LOCKED THEMSELVES ON TO DIGGERS AND MACHINERY AT THE PROPERTY NEAR AORAKI MT COOK TO DISRUPT CONSTRUCTION ON THE IRRIGATION PIPELINE. GREENPEACE SAYS THE SITE IS A CRUCIAL HABITAT FOR NATIVE BIRDS AND SIMPLY NOT SUITABLE FOR A DAIRY FARM. THE NEW ZEALAND BLOOD SERVICE IS CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF PROVIDING LIFE-CHANGING BLOOD TO KIWIS IN NEED. ON AVERAGE, 79 PEOPLE PER DAY IN NEW ZEALAND IN THE LAST 20 YEARS MORE THAN 600,000 INDIVIDUALS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE SERVICE. AND ALTHOUGH THE SUPPLY HAS SAVED MORE THAN HALF A MILLION LIVES, NZ BLOOD SERVICE CEO SAM CLIFFE SAYS THE SEARCH FOR NEW DONORS IS NEVER-ENDING. WE LOSE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 15,000 AND 20,000 DONORS EVERY YEAR. PEOPLE GET OLDER; THEY GET BUSY; THEY RETIRE; SICKNESS, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR ABOUT 10,000 NEW DONORS A YEAR JUST TO KEEP PACE WITH THE DEMAND. EVERY BLOOD DONATION HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SAVE UP TO THREE LIVE. A MAN IN QUEENSLAND HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF A 16-YEAR-OLD SCHOOLGIRL WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN A BARREL IN THE BACK OF A UTE. ZLATKO SIKORSKY HAS BEEN ON THE RUN SINCE LAST WEEK AFTER BEING SUSPECTED OF KILLING LARISSA BEILBY (16). HE WILL APPEAR IN COURT TODAY. NINE NEWS CORRESPONDENT ALEX BERNHARDT REPORTS. ACCUSED KILLER ZLATKO SIKORSKY IS FINALLY IN CUSTODY AFTER A 27-HOUR STANDOFF ON THE SUNSHINE COAST ` A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION BUT A HEARTBREAKING REALIZATION FOR THE FAMILY OF 16-YEAR-OLD LARISSA BEILBY, WHO POLICE HAVE NOW CONFIRMED WAS IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH SIKORSKY. THEY SAID IN A STATEMENT... AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY TRAUMATIC AND UPSETTING TIME FOR THEM. SIKORSKY WAS PURSUED BY POLICE WHEN THE BODY OF THE BRISBANE SCHOOLGIRL WAS FOUND IN A BARREL IN THE BACK OF A HUGE ON WEDNESDAY. HE WAS FINALLY LOCATED HOLED UP AT A UNIT IN ALEXANDRA HEADLAND ON FRIDAY. YESTERDAY THE TENANTS OF THAT UNIT HAD ONE STORY ` THAT HE WAS HELPING OUT A MATE. MY FRIEND SHOWED UP WITH THIS BLOKE. I SAID, 'YEAH, HE'S ALL RIGHT TO STAY HERE IF HE WANTS TO.' I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT; DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS. BUT THAT STORY WAS SOON UNDER SCRUTINY BY POLICE. JOE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH BEING AN ACCESSORY TO MURDER FOR ALLEGEDLY SHELTERING SIKORSKY. THE SIEGE SHOT DOWN A LARGE PART OF THE HOLIDAY HOTSPOT. SNIPERS WERE SET UP ON NEARBY BALCONIES AS NEGOTIATORS WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK. RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS HAVE NOW RETURNED TO THEIR PROPERTIES. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF MOVING PARTS IN THIS INVESTIGATION MACHINE. FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, IT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. IT'S SOMETHING YOU'D NORMALLY ONLY SEE IN MOVIES ` A NOTORIOUS FRENCH GANGSTER HAS ESCAPED FROM PRISON IN A HELICOPTER, WITH THE HELP OF ARMED MEN. REDOINE FAID WAS SERVING A 25-YEAR SENTENCE FOR AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY IN WHICH A POLICE OFFICER WAS KILLED. THE HELICOPTER FLEW TO THE NEARBY GONESSE REGION, WHERE IT WAS FOUND BY POLICE. IT'S HIS SECOND PRISON BREAK AFTER HE USED FOUR GUARDS AS HUMAN SHIELDS AND BLEW SEVEAL DOORS APART WITH DYNAMITE. THE SEARCH FOR A FOOTBALL TEAM TRAPPED IN A CAVE NETWORK IN THAILAND HAS ENTERED ITS NINTH DAY. NO CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE WITH THE 12 BOYS AND THEIR FOOTBALL COACH, WHO HAVE BEEN TRAPPED FOR MORE THAN A WEEK. BUT AS THE BBC'S HOWARD JOHNSON REPORTS, THE SEARCH IS STARTING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE LOCAL ECONOMY. WATER GUSHING OUT OF THE THAM LUANG CAVE COMPLEX. EARLIER THIS WEEK, ENGINEERS BEGAN PUMPING IT OUT FROM A FLOODED CABIN. OTHER TEAMS HAVE ALSO WORKED TO DIVERT STREAMS FROM FLOWING INTO THE AREA. WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS PARTS OF A NEW SUPER JET PUMP BEING DELIVERED. IT'S HOPED THAT WHEN IT'S FULLY OPERATIONAL, EVEN MORE WATER WILL BE PUMPED OUT OF THE CAVE COMPLEX TO THE RIGHT OF ME HERE. THE FALLING WATER LEVELS HAVE GALVANISED SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS. LAST NIGHT THAILAND'S ELITE NAVY SEAL DIVERS RETURNED TO A CHAMBER AROUND A KILOMETRE AWAY FROM PATTAYA BEACH, A HIGH SANDBANK WHERE MANY HOPE THE MISSING BOYS AND THEIR FOOTBALL COACH ARE SHELTERING. THE TEAM WILL NOW USE FIXED ROPES AND STOCKPILED AIR TANKS TO ATTEMPT TO PUSH FURTHER INTO THE CAVE. BUT DOWNSTREAM FROM THE PUMPING OPERATION, PADDY FIELDS ARE BEING INUNDATED WITH WATER. THIS VILLAGE CHIEF SAYS MORE THAN 16 FARMERS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. BUT HIS MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY IS SIMPLE ` THE PRIORITY IS TO SAVE THE MISSING 13. ONE VILLAGER SAID THE FATE OF THE CHILDREN IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN HER LIVELIHOOD. TRANSLATOR: AUTHORITIES NEED TO RELEASE WATER ON TO OUR RICE PADDY. IF IT'S TO SAVE THE KIDS, WE SAY, NO WORRIES. JUST LET THE WATER OUT. AS THE RESCUE OPERATION ENTERS A CRITICAL SECOND WEEK, THE PEOPLE OF THAILAND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT WITH EVERYTHING THEY HAVE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE KIWI KAYAKER ENTERS THE FINAL DAY OF HIS TRANS-TASMAN JOURNEY. PENALTY SHOOT-OUT DRAMA AT THE FOOTBALL WORLD, AS ANOTHER FAVOURITE MAKES AN EARLY EXIT. AND COULD THE TOUR DE FRANCE SHUT THE DOOR ON A FORMER CHAMPION? KIWI KAYAKER SCOTT DONALDSON HOPES TO MAKE IT ASHORE TODAY AND BECOME THE FIRST PERSON TO PADDLE FROM AUSTRALIA TO NEW ZEALAND. DONALDSON BEGAN THE DAY JUST 65KM OFF THE COAST OF NEW PLYMOUTH AND IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL THIS EVENING. IT'S HIS SECOND ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE TASMAN AFTER HE WAS RESCUED 80KM FROM THE NEW ZEALAND COAST IN 2014. AND HERE'S SOME CUTE, FLUFFY ANIMAL NEWS FOR YOUR MONDAY. A RUSSIAN ZOO HAS RELEASED IMAGES OF SIX RARE SIBERIAN TIGER CUBS. THE BABIES, BORN TO PARENTS BAGHEERA AND SHERE KHAN ARE JUST A WEEK OLD. SIBERIAN TIGERS ARE AN ENDANGERED SPECIES, WITH A SMALL POPULATION OF AROUND 540 ANIMALS. SOME AUSTRALIANS AREN'T HAPPY WITH THE NEW BAN ON SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BAGS THAT WAS ENFORCED OVER THE WEEKEND. ONE CUSTOMER REPORTEDLY GRABBED A SHOP ASSISTANT BY THE THROAT IN OUTRAGE AT THE NEW BAN. IT COMES AS PART OF A NATIONAL EFFORT TO REDUCE PLASTIC WASTE, WITH FOUR OF THE SIX STATES NOW FACING FINES FOR USING DISPOSABLE PLASTIC BAGS. A DRUG THAT COULD EXTEND THE LIVES OF WOMEN WITH TERMINAL BREAST CANCER BY UP TO TWO YEARS WILL NOW BE SUBSIDISED IN AUSTRALIA. THE DRUG, KISQALI, NORMALLY COSTS $70,000 A YEAR AND WILL NOW BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN $40. THE ABC'S CHERYL HALL REPORTS. LIKE THOUSANDS OF AUSTRALIAN WOMEN, JENNIFER CROW RECEIVED THE WORST NEWS LATE LAST YEAR ` A DIAGNOSIS OF TERMINAL BREAST CANCER. I HAD A FEELING ABOUT THE BREAST CANCER, TO BE HONEST. BUT IT WAS A BIT OF A SHOCK WHEN I FOUND OUT IT WAS METASTATIC. THE CANCER IN HER BREASTS HAVE SPREAD TO OTHER PARTS OF HER BODY, MAKING IT INOPERABLE. BUT ACCESS TO A NEW DRUG, THROUGH AN EARLY-ACCESS PROGRAM CHANGED HER PROGNOSIS. WELL, I'M DOING THINGS NOW THAT` TO BE TRUTHFUL, I DIDN'T EVEN THINK I WOULD BE SITTING HERE TODAY, DURING THIS INTERVIEW. BUT AT A COST OF $70,000 A YEAR, KISQALI WAS OUT OF THE REACH OF MANY WOMEN. NOW ON THE PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS SCHEME, IT WILL COST LESS THAN $40 A YEAR. IT'S BEEN LISTED ON THE PBS, AND THIS BRINGS LIFE-CHANGING AND LIFESAVING TREATMENT WITHIN THE REACH OF EVERY AUSTRALIAN WOMAN. THE DRUG INHIBITS PROTEINS THAT DRIVE THE GROWTH OF TUMOUR CELLS, AND SLOWS THE SPREAD OF THE CANCEL. SO WE KNOW THAT IT'S PROLONGING LIVES FOR 23 TO 24 MONTHS. THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN YOUR DAUGHTER IS ABOUT TO GET MARRIED OR IF YOU WANT TO SEE YOUR FIRST CHILD GO TO SCHOOL. KISQALI WON'T BE AVAILABLE TO ALL WOMEN; ONLY THOSE WITH RECENTLY DIAGNOSED BREAST-CANCER. THE DRUG COMPANY SAYS IT HASN'T GOT THE REQUIRED EVIDENCE THAT IT WILL BE EFFECTIVE TO TREAT WOMEN WITH LONG-TERM BREAST CANCER. UNTIL THEN, IT CANNOT APPLY TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AS WITH EVERY MEDICINE, IF THE COMPANY BRINGS IT FORWARD AND THE MEDICAL EXPERTS APPROVE IT, WE WILL LIST IT. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO FUNDED FREE WHOOPING COUGH AND MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES AND PROSTATE SCANS FOR MEN. ELECTION POLLS HAVE OPENED IN MEXICO, FOLLOWING ONE OF THE MOST CORRUPT AND POLITICALLY VIOLENT CAMPAIGNS IN DECADES. MORE THAN 130 CANDIDATES AND CIVIL SERVANTS HAVE BEEN KILLED SINCE THE CAMPAIGNS BEGAN IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR. THE LEADING NOMINEE IS A FORMER MAYOR OF MEXICO CITY, ANDRES MANUEL LOPEZ OBRADOR, WHO'S PROMISED TO END THE COUNTRY'S CORRUPTION. TO YOUR MIDDAY SPORT NOW, AND SPAIN HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OUT OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP ON PENALTIES BY RUSSIA. THE FAMOUS MOMENT SENT THE HOSTS INTO BEDLAM, AS THE BBC'S NATALIE PIRKS REPORTS. ALL CHANT: RUSSIA! RUSSIA! THEY CAME WITH HOPE AND THE ALL-KNOWING BELIEF THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. BUT THIS WAS DAVID AND GOLIATH TERRITORY. ALL SING: Y VIVA ESPANA! WITH SPAIN UNBEATEN IN TWO YEARS, RUSSIA HAD TO GET TO GRIPS WITH THEM EARLY, QUITE LITERALLY. RAMOS WAS CONVINCED THE GOAL WAS HIS; INSTEAD IGNASHEVICH BECAME THE OLDEST PLAYER TO SCORE A WORLD CUP OWN GOAL. AS EXPECTED, THE SPANIARDS WERE DOMINATING. BUT SOON THE MOST PARTISAN OF CROWDS HAD SOMETHING TO SCREAM ABOUT. PENALTY RUSSIA. HANDS UP IF YOU JUST MADE A BIG MISTAKE. AMIDST THE MELEE, ARTEM DZYUBA WAS A PICTURE OF CALM. DAVID DE GEA WAS ABOUT TO GUESS WRONG. RUSSIA ARE LEVEL AT THE LUZHNIKI! THE CLOCK WAS TICKING, BUT THE SPANISH CAVALRY WERE YET TO ARRIVE. EXTRA TIME CAME, EXTRA TIME WENT, AND SPAIN STILL COULDN'T GET PAST THE WHITE WALL. RUSSIA HAD NEVER FACED WORLD CUP PENALTIES BEFORE. AS THE LUZHNIKI COLLECTIVELY HELD ITS BREATH, ALL HITS SCORED BEFORE KOKE STEPPED UP FOR SPAIN. WITH EVERYONE ELSE NETTING THEIR PENALTIES, IT WAS DOWN TO ASPAS SAVE SPAIN FROM THIS HUMILIATION. SPAIN ARE OUT! THE FANS WENT WILD. THE BANNER SAID, 'WE PLAY FOR YOU.' FOR SPAIN, THIS TOURNAMENT WILL BE ONE TO FORGET. AND RUSSIA WILL FACE CROATIA IN THE QUARTER-FINALS AFTER THEIR OWN DRAMATIC SHOOTOUT AGAINST DENMARK. BOTH SIDES TRADED EARLY GOALS BEFORE THE GAME WAS FORCED INTO EXTRA TIME. WITH ONLY MINUTES LEFT, A PENALTY GAVE CROATIA THE CHANCE TO SECURE VICTORY. THAT HEROIC SAVE CONFIRMED THE DREADED SHOOTOUT. THAT HEROIC SAVE CONFIRMED THE DREADED SHOOTOUT. BUT IT WOULD INSTEAD BE CROATIA'S GOALIE WHO PROVED TO BE THE HERO BEFORE IVAN RAKITIC'S WINNER. CROATIA WILL MEET RUSSIA ON SUNDAY. CROATIA WILL MEET RUSSIA ON SUNDAY. A GEARBOX FAILURE HAS SEEN KIWI BRENDON HARTLEY FAIL TO FINISH THE AUSTRIAN FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX. THE MECHANICAL ISSUES FORCED THE TORO ROSSO DRIVER TO PULL OUT AFTER 57 LAPS. LEWIS HAMILTON SUFFERED A SIMILAR AS HE SURRENDER THE CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD TO SEBASTIAN VETTEL. RED BULL'S MAX VERSTAPPEN TOOK FULL ADVANTAGE, TO TAKE HOME THE CHEQUERED FLAG. THE WHITE FERNS HAVE FALLEN TO ENGLAND IN THE FINAL OF THE T20 TRI-SERIES. THE KIWIS OPENED THE BATTING AND WERE RESTRICTED TO 137 RUNS. DANIELLE WYATT'S HALF CENTURY IN ENGLAND'S CHASE LATER LED THEM TO A SEVEN-WICKET WIN WITH TWO OVERS TO SPARE. TWO-TIME CHAMPION ANDY MURRAY HAS WITHDRAWN FROM WIMBLEDON ON THE EVE OF THE TOURNAMENT. THE 31-YEAR-OLD SAID IT WAS TOO SOON TO PLAY FIVE SET MATCHES AFTER HIS COMEBACK FROM HIP SURGERY. THE SCOTSMAN ONLY RETURNED TO TENNIS LAST MONTH AFTER HE SPENT NEARLY A YEAR OUT ON THE SIDELINES. TEAM SKY SAY THEY'RE CONFIDENT CHRIS FROOME WILL RIDE IN THE TOUR DE FRANCE NEXT WEEKEND. IT'S UNDERSTOOD OFFICIALS DON'T WANT THE FOUR-TIME RACE CHAMPION ON THE START LINE, IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE RACE'S IMAGE. THE REPORTS COME AS THE DOCTOR AT THE CENTRE OF A PREVIOUS DOPING ALLEGATION AGAINST THE TEAM BREAKS HIS SILENCE. THE BBC'S DAN ROAN REPORTS. HE'S THE DOCTOR AT THE HEART OF A SCANDAL THAT ROCKED BRITISH CYCLING. RICHARD FREEMAN WAS THE SPORT'S MOST SENIOR MEDIC, HELPING SIR BRADLEY WIGGINS AND TEAM SKY TO BEAT THE BEST. BUT FOR TWO YEARS HE'S FACED SUGGESTIONS HE MISUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT TO ENHANCE RIDERS' PERFORMANCES, REFUSING TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS, WHEN I APPROACHED HIM IN OCTOBER 2016. NOW FINALLY HE'S BROKEN HIS SILENCE. YOU NEVER HELPED SIR BRADLEY WIGGANS OR ANYBODY AT TEAM SKY TO CHEAT? NO. NO. AND YOUR EFFORTS AS A DOCTOR WERE NEVER COMPROMISED? NEVER. YOU WERE NEVER ASKED TO COMPROMISE THEM? NEVER ASKED. I WOULDN'T HAVE JOINED TEAM SKY UNLESS THEY HAD TAKEN THE MORAL HIGH GROUND. DID THEY LIVE UP TO IT, THOUGH? I BELIEVE THEY DID. WILLIAMS HAS DENIED AN ALLEGATION HE WAS GIVEN A BANNED ASTHMA DRUG, TRIAMCINOLONE AT A RACE IN 2011, INSISTING IT WAS A LEGAL DECONGESTANT, FLUIMUCIL. FREEMAN WAS THE MAN WHO TOOK DELIVERY OF THE MYSTERY MEDICAL JIFFY BAG. ONCE AND FOR ALL, ON THE RECORD, WHAT WAS IN IT? %1 8 W3 M;** FREEMAN CAN'T PROVE THAT, BECAUSE HIS LAPTOP CONTAINING PATIENT DATA WAS STOLEN. BUT HIS MEDICAL RECORD KEEPING WAS ALSO CRITICISED BY UK ANTI DOPING. FREEMAN'S BEEN CRITICISED FOR WRITING A BOOK, YET FAILING TO ATTEND A PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE HEARING LAST YEAR, CITING ILL HEALTH. THE FORMER BRITISH CYCLING DOCTOR SAYS HE'S SUFFICIENTLY RECOVERED FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE SCRUTINY HE FACED. THIS COMES AS TEAM SKY PREPARE FOR NEXT WEEKEND'S TOUR DE FRANCE, BUT WILL CHRIS FROOME BE RIDING, ORGANISERS REPORTEDLY BLOCKING HIM FROM GOING FOR A FIFTH WIN, BECAUSE OF AN UNRESOLVED ANTI-DOPING CASE AFTER AN ADVERSE ANALYTICAL FINDING LAST YEAR. HE DENIES WRONGDOING, AND TEAM SKY SAY THEY'RE CONFIDENT AN APPEAL WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. BUT FOR CYCLING, MOVING ON FROM PAST CONTROVERSIES IS PROVING NO EASY TASK. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. WELCOME BACK. TO SOME NEWS JUST IN ` POLICE HAVE CHARGED A 32-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH THE MURDER OF A 2-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO WAS FOUND IN THE RANGITAIKI RIVER NEAR WHAKATANE LATE LAST NIGHT. IT'S BELIEVED HE WAS KNOWN TO THE VICTIM. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE REST OF TODAY'S WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE 1 NEWS TEAM WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND GLENNA CASALME