TONIGHT, BOOZE, BULLYING AND FEAR OVER SPEAKING OUT ` AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATORS DAMNING REPORT INTO BEHAVIOUR AT A TOP LAW FIRM. COUNTER TERRRORISM POLICE IN BRITAIN INVESTIGATE ANOTHER NERVE AGENT POISONING THAT'S LEFT A BRITISH COUPLE FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES. AND THE TOP OF THE POPS GETS A MAKEOVER ` HOW MEASURING THE MUSIC WE LISTEN TO IS CHANGING. CAPTIONS BY JAKE EBDALE AND ANTONY VLUG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 A CULTURE OF BOOZE, BULLYING AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT WITH STAFF TOO FRIGHTENED TO SPEAK OUT. SOME OF THE DAMNING COMMENTS CONTAINED IN A INDEPENDENT REPORT BY DAME MARGARET BAZELY INTO ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT AGAINST YOUNG WOMEN AT TOP LAW FIRM, RUSSELL MCVEAGH. MEI HERON HAS DETAILS. IT CREATED AN UPROAR OF ANGER AND PROTEST. RUSSELL MCVEAGH, ASSAULTING PEOPLE'S NOT OK. NOW A TOP LAW FIRM'S FLAWS HAVE BEEN CONDEMNED. THE FIRM HAS HAD A 'WORK HARD, PLAY HARD' CULTURE THAT INVOLVED EXCESSIVE DRINKING, AND IN SOME CASES CRUDE DRUNKEN AND SEXUALLY INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR. ACCUSATIONS MADE BY FIVE FEMALE CLERKS AT THE WELLINGTON OFFICE LED TO THIS REVIEW. FOUR COMPLAINTS CENTRED AROUND A MALE PARTNER AT A CHRISTMAS PARTY IN 2015. ONE CLERK SAID HE ENCOURAGED HER TO SKULL HER DRINK AND TRIED TO KISS HER. ANOTHER REPORTED THAT SHE WAS TOUCHED MULTIPLE TIMES. THAT PARTNER AND ANOTHER SENIOR SOLICITOR ALSO ACCUSED OF INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR HAVE SINCE LEFT THE FIRM. DAME MARGARET FOUND THE FIRM MISSED WARNING SIGNS, LACKED LEADERSHIP IN WELLINGTON AND HAD NO POLICY FOR ALCOHOL USE. I'VE CONCLUDED THAT THE FIRM'S HANDLED THE INCIDENTS POORLY, AND THE FAILURES HAD SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES ON THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. THE TEAM WHERE THE INCIDENT HAPPENED WAS OUT OF CONTROL. THE CLERKS INVOLVED SAID THEY LOST FAITH IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR HANDLING OF THE INCIDENTS WAS POOR AND TO APOLOGISE FOR BOTH OUR ACTIONS AND INACTIONS. WE COULD HAVE DONE MUCH BETTER, AND WE SHOULD'VE DONE MUCH BETTER. RUSSELL MCVEAGH SAYS IT HAS APOLOGISED TO THE WOMEN INVOLVED AND HAS GONE THROUGH WHAT IT CALLS A CONFIDENTIAL PROCESS TO ADDRESS MATTERS. IT WOULDN'T COMMENT ON WHETHER THAT INCLUDED A MONETARY SETTLEMENT. THE REPORT FOUND STAFF WERE TOO FRIGHTENED TO SPEAK OUT AND POWERLESS IN THE FACE OF ATROCIOUS BEHAVIOUR. I THINK WE'VE ALL DONE A LOT OF SOUL SEARCHING AROUND HOW WE DIDN'T KNOW. THE JUSTICE MINISTER DOESN'T BELIEVE HARASSMENT IS CONFINED TO RUSSELL MCVEAGH. THEY'VE HAD CONDUCT THAT I THINK IS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO ANY LAWYER. THE REALITY IS IT WOULD BE NAIVE TO THINK THAT THIS BEHAVIOUR IS JUST CONFINED TO RUSSELL MCVEAGH. THERE IS AN ISSUE IN THE PROFESSION. RUSSELL MCVEAGH HAS ALREADY BEGUN IMPLEMENTING THE 40 RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH INCLUDE SPECIFIC HARASSMENT, ANTI-BULLYING AND ALCOHOL POLICIES. DAME MARGARET WARNS THE CULTURAL CHANGE MUST BE CONTINUALLY WORKED ON. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS. POLICE SAY A MAN WHO DIED IN CUSTODY THREE DAYS AFTER BEING ARRESTED HAD BEEN TASERED FOUR TIMES AS POLICE TRIED TO SUBDUE HIM. ALO NGATA (29) HAD ALLEGEDLY VIOLENTLY ASSAULTED AN ELDERLY MAN AND THREATENED POLICE IN FREEMANS BAY ON SUNDAY. HIS DEATH IS BELIEVED TO BE NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST BY TASER. PAUL HOBBS REPORTS. IT WAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THIS AUCKLAND CUL DE SAC. PARAMEDICS WORKING ON A MAN (76), THE VICTIM OF A VIOLENT ATTACK. THE FIRST POLICE ON THE SCENE WERE IN THE AIR. THE EAGLE HELICOPTER MONITORING AND VIDEOING THE ATTACK. BACK UP ON THE WAY. THE 29-YEAR-OLD MALE ASSAULTING THE ELDERLY MAN. HE STRUCK HIM TO THE GROUND. HE KICKED HIM IN THE HEAD FIVE OR SIX TIMES, POSSIBLY MORE. BASICALLY, HE KICKED HIM UNCONSCIOUS. POLICE SAY THE FIRST TWO OFFICERS TO ARRIVE ON THE GROUND COULDN'T SUBDUE THE ATTACKER, ALO NGATA. THEY FIRED THEIR TASERS. THE FIRST TWO USE OF TASERS WERE INEFFECTIVE. THE SECOND TWO WERE EFFECTIVE AND TOOK HIM TO THE GROUND. BUT WITHIN HOURS, THE 29-YEAR-OLD WOULD BE IN HOSPITAL, HIS LIFE HANGING IN THE BALANCE. THERE WERE NO OBVIOUS SIGNS THAT HE WAS IN DISTRESS AT THE SCENE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THIS HAS OCCURRED IN THE CUSTODY UNIT. BUT A NEIGHBOUR'S TOLD 1 NEWS THAT THEY SAW THE MAN RUNNING UP THEIR DRIVEWAY. HE WAS HANGING ON TO HIS CHEST. THEY THOUGHT HE WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK. THEN HE WENT TOWARDS THE STREET, TOWARDS A VEHICLE, BANGING HIS HEAD ON THE CAR, SAYING, 'I'VE DONE IT NOW. I'VE DONE IT NOW.' POLICE SAY TOOK NGATA BACK TO THEIR CUSTODY UNIT. SHORTLY AFTER, HIS HEALTH DETERIORATED DRAMATICALLY, AND THEY WERE FORCED TO GIVE CPR. HE WAS THEN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. WE UNDERSTAND FROM THE DOCTORS THAT WHEN THEY FOUND HIM IN THE POLICE STATION THAT TIME THAT HIS HEART HAD STOPPED. WE WANT TO KNOW AS A FAMILY ` HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? ALO NGATA DIED YESTERDAY. WE WERE INITIALLY UPSET ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING. AND WE HAD A LOT OF ANGER TOWARDS THE POLICE, BUT I UNDERSTAND SINCE WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THE POLICE, AND THEY'VE HELPED US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I CAN TELL YOU NOW, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, THAT IF MY POLICE OFFICERS DID NOT USE THEIR TASERS, I THINK I WOULD HAVE TWO SERIOUSLY INJURED POLICE OFFICERS, IF NOT DEAD. LAWYER MARIE DYHRBERG, THOUGH, IS CONCERNED. WHAT THE INVESTIGATION WILL LOOK AT ` IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE, WAS THERE ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE? WAS THE TASERING EXCESSIVE? A NUMBER OF INVESTIGATIONS ARE NOW UNDERWAY. NGATA'S DEATH HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE CORONER. PAUL HOBBS, 1 NEWS. A BRITISH COUPLE'S TONIGHT FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES AFTER BEING POISONED BY THE SAME NERVE AGENT WHICH INFECTED A FORMER RUSSIAN SPY AND HIS DAUGHTER. CHARLIE ROWLEY AND DAWN STURGESS BECAME ILL AT THEIR HOME IN AMESBURY LAST WEEKEND. IT'S JUST 12 KILOMETRES FROM SALISBURY, WHERE SERGEI AND YULIA SKRIPAL WERE NEARLY KILLED BY RUSSIAN-MADE NOVICHOK EXACTLY FOUR MONTHS AGO. CHANNEL NINE'S AMELIA ADAMS REPORTS FROM SALISBURY. SOME WEARING CHEMICAL SUITS. ALL OF THEM CAUTIOUS. EMERGENCY WORKERS TAKE NERVE AGENT VICTIM CHARLIE ROWLEY TO HOSPITAL. JOY REID, 1 NEWS, SALISBURY. The two people have been exposed. The two questions ` where and how? They visited Salsbury's gardens, not far from where the Skrupals were found. Police are stepping up their presence. I wantd to reassure the public that the risk remains low. THey are being treated at Salsbury Hospital. They have since been released and are recovering well. KIM DOTCOM'S LOST HIS LATEST COURT BATTLE AGAINST EXTRADITION TO THE UNITED STATES. DOTCOM AND THREE OTHERS ARE FACING CRIMINAL COPYRIGHT CHARGES IN AMERICA. THE INTERNET MOGUL SAYS HE'LL CHALLENGE TODAY'S DECISION, SAYING 'IT HAS THE VALUE OF TOILET PAPER'. THE COURT OF APPEAL RULING UPHOLDS PREVIOUS DECISIONS FROM THE HIGH COURT AND DISTRICT COURT. IT'LL NOW GO TO THE SUPREME COURT, THE HIGHEST IN THE LAND. AFTER THAT IT'LL BE UP TO THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE, ANDREW LITTLE, TO DECIDE. EXTRADITION IS A MAJOR THING. IT'S AN INCREDIBLE EROSION OF SOMEONE'S LIBERTIES, SO IT IS RIGHT THAT WE TAKE THE TIME AND EFFORT FOR THE LEGAL DECISION TO BE CORRECT AND BEFORE I AS MINISTER OF JUSTICE GET TO MAKE A DECISION. THE US AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN TRYING TO EXTRADITE DOTCOM SINCE 2012. THE 20-YEAR-OLD MAN FACING ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AT A LABOUR PARTY YOUTH CAMP IN FEBRUARY HAS DENIED THE CHARGES. THE MAN, WHO HAS INTERIM NAME SUPPRESSION, APPEARED IN AUCKLAND DISTRICT COURT THIS MORNING CHARGED WITH SIX COUNTS OF INDECENT ASSAULT ON FOUR TEENAGERS. THE MAN HAS ELECTED A TRIAL BY JURY AND WILL RE-APPEAR IN COURT NEXT MONTH. THE PUMPS ARE RUNNING AT NEAR CAPACITY, AND THE SCUBA LESSONS HAVE BEGUN. THE RESCUE EFFORT IN THAILAND TO EXTRACT 12 SCHOOL BOYS AND THEIR SOCCER COACH FROM THE UNDERGROUND CAVE AND THEIR SOCCER COACH FROM THE UNDERGROUND CAVE IS STEPPING UP A GEAR, WITH THE THREAT OF FLOODING GROWING STRONGER. CHANNEL NINE'S ALICE MONFRIES WITH THIS. THE WATER'S COMING OUT A MILLION LITRES EVERY HOUR, BUT THE PROBLEM AND THE DANGER REMAINS SEVERE. UH, WATER IS STILL COMING, DRAINING IN FROM AROUND THE MOUNTAIN. ...DOWN GULLIES AND THROUGH CRACKS IN THE ROCKS INTO THE CAVE. AND THE WORST OF THE MONSOON SEASON IS STILL TO COME. WE'RE EXPECTING RAIN TODAY OR TOMORROW. IF WE WAIT TOO LONG, THEY CAN BE STUCK THERE FOR MUCH LONGER. THE 12 BOYS AND THEIR COACH HAVE BEEN GIVEN THEIR FIRST TENTATIVE LESSONS IN USING SCUBA MASKS AND DIVING AS RESCUE CHIEFS WEIGH UP WHETHER TO SWIM THEM OUT. WE'LL TRY AND GET THEM COMFORTABLE WITH THE MASK, COMFORTABLE WITH BREATHING ` COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. THEY ARE CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN SAFELY GET AWAY. THAT'S FEASIBLE. IT REMAINS, THOUGH, AN OPTION FRAUGHT WITH RISK. THE WATER LEVEL IN PARTS OF THE CAVE HAS DROPPED, AND WEARING LIFEJACKETS, THE BOYS WOULD BE ABLE TO WALK MUCH OF THE WAY OUT. BUT THEY WOULD STILL FACE A TWISTING AND TURNING UNDERWATER JOURNEY THROUGH A FLOODED CHAMBER. MANY THINGS CAN GO WRONG. (SHOUTING) WORK TEAMS ARE DRILLING AND CHISELLING AWAY AT ROCKY OUTCROPS TO SMOOTH THE WAY, WHILE THAILAND'S NAVY SEALS, SUPPORTED BY AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE DIVERS, ARE FERRYING FOOD AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES THROUGH THE LABYRINTH TO THE BOYS. OBVIOUSLY. THERE'S ZERO VISIBILITY; IT'S A CONFINED SPACE. SO IT'S A CHALLENGE. THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM IS BEING STRENGTHENED ` THREE MORE DISASTER RECOVERY EXPERTS ON THE WAY, THE HELP APPRECIATED. TRANSLATOR: 'THANK YOU TO ALL THE NATIONS,' THIS COLONEL SAYS. AND THERE ARE MANY OF THEM. THIS INTERNATIONAL RESCUE OPERATION HAS A CREW OF MORE THAN 1000. THEIR SPRAWLING MAKESHIFT BASES, HEMMED IN AMONGST MEDIA FROM RIGHT AROUND THE WORLD, VISITED NATIONAL PARK ALMOST UNRECOGNISABLE. ONE OF THE BOYS IS CELEBRATING HIS 14TH BIRTHDAY, DEEP UNDERGROUND BUT ALIVE. A LITTLE BUDDHIST SHRINE HAS SPRUNG UP AND A SENIOR MONK IS LEADING PRAYERS ` THE SPIRIT TO BRING THE BOYS BACK INTO THE LIGHT DRIVEN BY HOPE AND HARD WORK. THE SHOW BIZ PROMOTER HARRY 'M' MILLER, WHO WAS BORN IN THE AUCKLAND SUBURB OF GREY LYNN AND WENT ON TO DOMINATE THE AUSTRALASIAN ENTERTAINMENT WORLD HAS DIED. HIS FIRST SIGNING WAS THE HOWARD MORRISON QUARTET, AND HE WENT ON TO TOUR ACTS LIKE THE ROLLING STONES AND SINGER JUDY GARLAND. WITH MORE ON HIS COLOURFUL LIFE, HERE'S CHANNEL NINE'S PETER STEFANOVIC. HIS NAME WAS AS BIG AS THE STARS HE REPRESENTED. LARGER THAN LIFE. HAD A WICKED SENSE OF HUMOUR. ALWAYS ENGAGING. ALWAYS ABLE TO TALK TO HIM VERY FREELY. HARRY M MILLER, BORN WITH AN EYE FOR TALENT AND A TASTE FOR SHOW BIZ. HE WAS A VERY BRAVE GUY. HE TOOK ON THINGS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN ON. THE IMPRESARIO LAUNCHED THE CAREER OF MARCIA HINES AND CAST A YOUNG KATE CEBERANO IN JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. HE WAS A RASCAL. HE WAS CHARMING, AND HE WAS... HE WAS FLIRTY, AND HE WAS PROPRIETORIAL, LIKE, 'MY KATE', YOU KNOW. A QANTAS JET ARRIVES AT RAIN-SOAKED KINGSFORD SMITH AIRPORT. MILLER MADE HIS MARK IN THE EARLY '60S, WHEN HE BROUGHT OUT THE ROLLING STONES AND A TROUBLED JUDY GARLAND, WHO HE MET AT THE AIRPORT. TO BRING JUDY GARLAND OVER, WHO AT THAT, PROBABLY, STAGE OF HER LIFE WAS DIFFICULT TO GET HER ON THE STAGE ANYWAY. IT WAS QUITE A COUP. HE WAS A PUBLIC TITAN WITH PRIVATE DEMONS. DIVORCED THREE TIMES, HE SERVED A 10-MONTH JAIL TERM FOR FRAUD IN THE '80S. HARRY, HOW DOES THE FIRST DAY OF FREEDOM FEEL? BUT ANY FAILINGS WERE OVERSHADOWED BY A LUST FOR LIFE. HE WAS A DOTING FATHER AND A GREAT FRIEND TO MANY, BEFORE DEMENTIA ROBBED HIM OF HIS LATER YEARS. BEFORE HE LOST HIS MEMORY, HE PLANNED HIS OWN FUNERAL. HARRY M MILLER WAS A PRODUCER TO THE END. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT, ALL OF YOU, AND A GREAT REST OF YOUR LIFE. AND HARRY MILLER DIED AT THE AGE OF 84. STILL TO COME ON TONIGHT ` IT'S SHOCKED THE US AND STUNNED THOSE WHO KNOW HER. THE NURSE ACCUSED OF MURDERING EIGHT BABIES, AND NOW THE INVESTIGATION INTO HER CRIMES IS GROWING. AND 40-PLUS YEARS OF CHARTS ARE SET TO CHANGE ON FRIDAY, AS A WHOLE NEW WAY OF MEASURING THE SUCCESS OR OTHERWISE OF MUSIC IS LAUNCHED. THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE NURSE ACCUSED OF MURDERING EIGHT BABIES AND THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF ANOTHER SIX IS WIDENING TONIGHT. POLICE INVESTIGATING THE SUSPICIOUS DEATHS AT A CHESTER HOSPITAL HAVE HOSPITAL WHERE NURSE LUCY LETBY (28) WORKED DURING HER TRAINING. WITH DETAILS HERE'S THE BBC'S JUDITH MORITZ. LUCY LETBY ONCE SAID SHE ENJOYED NURSING BABIES, AS SHE COULD SEE THEM PROGRESS AND SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES. NOW SHE'S SUSPECTED OF MURDERING EIGHT INFANTS AND TRYING TO KILL ANOTHER SIX. TODAY, POLICE SEARCHES HAVE CONTINUED AT THE NURSE'S HOME. FORENSIC OFFICERS SEARCHED THE HOUSE AND TOOK ITEMS AWAY FOR EXAMINATION. DETECTIVES ARE STILL QUESTIONING THE 28-YEAR-OLD ABOUT THE ALLEGED MURDERS AND ATTEMPTED MURDERS. POLICE SAY THAT THEIR INVESTIGATION IS FOCUSING ON WHAT HAPPENED TO 32 BABIES AT THE COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL BETWEEN MARCH 2015 AND JULY 2016. THE BABIES WERE ALL ON THE NEONATAL UNIT, WHICH CARES FOR POORLY AND PREMATURE INFANTS. MANAGERS HERE CALLED IN THE POLICE BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T EXPLAIN THE UNUSUAL NUMBER OF FATALITIES AND BABIES WHO CAME CLOSE TO DEATH ON THE UNIT. NOW THE MURDER INVESTIGATION HAS WIDENED BEYOND THIS HOSPITAL. DURING HER TRAINING, LUCY LETBY WENT ON PLACEMENT TO LIVERPOOL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL. TODAY, THE HOSPITAL CONFIRMED THAT IT IS HELPING THEY POLICE. THEY'RE REVIEWING WHAT HAPPENED TO BABIES ON ITS NEONATAL UNIT DURING THE NURSE'S TIME THERE AND SAY THERE'S CURRENTLY NO SUGGESTION THAT ANY CAME TO HARM. SINCE LUCY LETBY WAS ARRESTED, THE POLICE HAVE ALSO BEEN AT THE HOME OF HER PARENTS IN HEREFORD. TONIGHT, THE CHILDREN'S NURSE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, BEING ASKED TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BABIES IN HER CARE. TO THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, WHERE DOZENS OF WILDFIRES ARE BURNING, AND A HEATWAVE IS MAKING FIRE FIGHTING EVEN HARDER. THE BLAZES HAVE LED TO EVACUATION ORDERS FOR HUNDREDS OF HOMES AND DERAILED FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY PLANS. SOME CELEBRATIONS AND FIREWORKS WERE CANCELLED DUE TO THE FIRE DANGER. IT'S THE MOST ENDANGERED MAMMAL IN THE WORLD, BUT A SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH COULD PULL THE NORTHERN WHITE RHINO BACK FROM THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION. USING IVF, SCIENTISTS HAVE CREATED HYBRID EMBRYOS WITH FROZEN SPERM FROM TWO DEAD MALES AND THE EGGS FROM THE CLOSELY RELATED SOUTHERN RHINO. THE SPECIES WAS LEFT FUNCTIONALLY EXTINCT AFTER THE LAST MALE, SUDAN, DIED IN MARCH. ONLY TWO FEMALES REMAIN ALIVE. THE EMBRYOS WILL BE IMPLANTED IN SURROGATE MOTHERS, AND SCIENTISTS SAY THE FIRST FULL NORTHERN WHITE RHINO COULD BE BORN WITHIN THREE YEARS. NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST FULLY ELECTRIC DOUBLE DECKER BUS FLEET HIT THE ROAD AT PARLIAMENT TODAY. ASSEMBLED BY KIWI BUS BUILDERS IN TAURANGA, EACH BUS WILL CARRY 82 PASSENGERS AND TRAVEL NEARLY 150KM ON A SINGLE CHARGE. ENERGY MINISTER DAVID PARKER HAS HIGH HOPES FOR THE BUSES. SMOOTH RIDE, WAY OF THE FUTURE, CHEAPER, CLEANER TRANSPORT. PRETTY HARD TO BEAT. WE'VE GOT A HUGE ADVANTAGE IN NEW ZEALAND. MOST OF OUR ELECTRICITY IS ALREADY RENEWABLE. IT'S CHEAPER THAN PUTTING PETROL OR DIESEL IN A VEHICLE. THE FIRST 10 BUSES WILL BE PHASED INTO SERVICE LATER THIS MONTH, WITH MORE TO BE DELIVERED IN 2020. THEY'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1975, BUT FROM TOMORROW, SALES FIGURES FOR MUSIC IN NEW ZEALAND WILL GET A BIG SHAKE-UP. IT WILL BE KNOWN AS 'THE HOT 40' AND SIGNALS A NEW WAY OF MEASURING JUST HOW WELL A SONG IS DOING WITH MUSIC FANS. LAURA TWYMAN EXPLAINS. THE TOP 40, AS WE'VE HISTORICALLY KNOWN IT,... # WHEN I GET THAT FEELING, I WANT... # # WHEN I GET THAT FEELING, I WANT... # NOW GETTING A SHAKE-UP. IT SITS ALONGSIDE THE TOP 40, BUT IT WILL BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE TOP 40 WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT VOLUME. THIS IS ABOUT VELOCITY. IT'S ABOUT THE THINGS WHICH ARE FRESHEST AND MOVING THE FASTEST. DUBBED THE HOT 40, IT'LL RANK SONGS IN RELATION TO HOW MANY NEW LISTENERS THEY ATTRACT IN A SEVEN-DAY PERIOD. IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHERE YOU WERE THE WEEK BEFORE; WE'RE ONLY REALLY INTERESTED IN WHAT'S HAPPENED THIS WEEK. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, IT'S A CHART TAKING INTO ACCOUNT RADIO AIRPLAY. THE CHANGES OPENING DOORS FOR KIWI ARTISTS. ANY MUSICIAN THAT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE STAGNANT IN TERMS OF SUCCESS OR WHATEVER CHART WISE, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CAPITALISE AND TRY AND GET ON TOP OF THIS CHART, MAN, COS IT'S POSSIBLE. ANOTHER CHART WILL MEASURE GROWTH OF JUST KIWI ACTS. IT GIVES A LOT OF EXTRA OPPORTUNITIES, WE THINK, FOR NEW LOCAL MUSIC TO JUMP INTO THAT CHART, AS OPPOSED TO IN THE PAST WHERE THEY MAY HAVE HAD TO WAIT. I RUN INTO SO MANY ARTISTS WHO GET DOWN ON THAT, LIKE, 'OH MAN, I'M NOT GOING TO GET THOSE CHARTS 'LIKE LORDE'S UP ON THERE OR SIX60'S UP ON THERE,' AND IT'S HARD TO BEAT. THE FIRST RESULTS DUE OUT TOMORROW. I KNOW DRAKE HAD A BIG ALBUM THAT CAME OUT THIS WEEK, AND HE'S SET ALL SORTS OF RECORDS. SO I'D EXPECT TO SEE A FEW DRAKE TRACKS IN THERE. OTHER THAN THAT, THERE'S A BUNCH OF LOCALS WHO'VE GOT NEW SINGLES THIS WEEK. AND WITH DIFFERENT SONGS GAINING MOMENTUM EACH WEEK, IT'LL BE HARD TO ENJOY LONG RUNS ON THE NEW CHARTS, KEEPING THE COMPETITION ALIVE AND WELL. I GET TO RACE EVERYBODY AND HOPEFULLY BEAT EVERYBODY EVERY WEEK. (LAUGHS) THE NUMBER-ONE SPOT, IN THEORY, NOW WITHIN EVERYONE'S REACH. LAURA TWYMAN, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` A WEATHER FORECAST WHICH COULD ACTUALLY HELP THE WHALE WHICH HAS TAKEN UP RESIDENCE WELLINGTON'S RESIDENT SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALE IS CONTINUING TO PUT ON A SHOW WITH HUNDREDS OF LOCALS GATHERING TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE RARE MAMMAL. THE WHALE BREACHING NEAR KAYAKERS IN THE HARBOUR THIS MORNING, PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK WITH PADDLE BOARDERS AND MAKING THIS FERRY CROSSING ONE TO REMEMBER. ON SHORE, CROWDS WATCHED THROUGH OUT THE DAY, SOME TAKING UNBELIEVABLE PHOTOS LIKE THIS. IT WAS JUST AMAZING. TO HAVE A SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALE, A RARE WHALE, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE BEEHIVE, IT SAYS A HELL OF A LOT ABOUT NEW ZEALAND AND PARTICULARLY ABOUT WELLINGTON. DOC'S REMINDING WHALE WATCHERS TO STAY AT LEAST 50M AWAY FROM THE ANIMAL. THE CITY COUNCIL'S CONSIDERING POSTPONING ITS MATARIKI FIREWORKS DISPLAY AT THE WATERFRONT WHILE THE WHALE IS IN TOWN. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH KINGS. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. IT'S BEEN THE 4TH OF JULY IN THE U.S. WE'LL LEAVE YOU SOME FIREWORKS OVER MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JAKE EBDALE AND ANTONY VLUG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.