IT'S MIDDAY. AUCKLAND COUNCIL MOVES TO RECTIFY THEIR OWN ERROR AFTER HUNDREDS OF CONSENTS WERE WRONGLY ISSUED. VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND HAS CAUSED DEBATE. COULD WHISTLE-BLOWER CHELSEA MANNING BE REFUSED ENTRY TO AUSTRALIA? AND DRAMA ON THE HIGH SEAS AS ENGLISH AND FRENCH FISHING BOATS COME TO BLOWS OVER SCALLOPS. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND TRACEY DAWSON CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 AHI AHI MARIE, GOOD AFTERNOON. THE AUCKLAND COUNCIL WILL NOW FOOT THE BILL FOR HUNDREDS OF CONSENTS AFTER THEY MISINTERPRETED THEIR OWN RULES SET OUT IN THE UNITARY PLAN. LAST YEAR, AROUND 17,000 CONSENTS WERE GRANTED. 400 OF THOSE FALL INTO THE 'SPECIAL CHARACTER' CATEGORY. AUCKLAND COUNCIL'S DIRECTOR OF REGULATORY SERVICES, PENNY PIRRIT, SAYS IT'S A COMPLEX SITUATION AND THEY'VE SOUGHT LEGAL ADVICE ON HOW TO AMEND THEIR MISTAKE. WE IMMEDIATELY CHANGED WHAT WE WERE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY CONSENTS THAT WE RECEIVED AFTER DECEMBER LAST YEAR, WE WERE TAKING THE APPROACH THE ENVIRONMENT COURT TOLD US TO TAKE. WE ALSO HAVE BEEN CONTACTING PEOPLE WHO GOT THE CONSENT LAST YEAR AND WORKING THROUGH WITH THEM THEIR INDIVIDUAL ISSUES. PROTESTERS IN CHRISTCHURCH ARE UP IN ARMS OVER A INDUSTRY GROUP'S SUGGESTION TO CENTRALISE WATER REGULATION. AOTEAROA WATER ACTION TODAY HELD A RALLY, ARGUING WATER SHOULD BE MANAGED LOCALLY. IT WAS HELD OUTSIDE A WORKSHOP BY BUSINESS GROUP WATER NZ, WHO WANT TIGHTER REGULATION IN THE WAKE OF THE HAVELOCK NORTH OUTBREAK. CABINET WILL CONSIDER THE ISSUE LATER THIS YEAR. THE DEADLY CATTLE DISEASE MYCOPLASMA BOVIS HAS BEEN DETECTED ON A NORTHLAND FARM FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES HAVE CONFIRMED THE DRY-STOCK BEEF FARM'S BEEN INFECTED THROUGH CATTLE MOVEMENTS. AND WHILST THE FARM WILL REMAIN IN QUARANTINE LOCKDOWN, MPI SAY THE RISK TO NEIGHBOURING PROPERTIES IS LOW. EMPLOYER'S CAN'T PAY UNDER THE MINIMUM WAGE AND GET AWAY WITH IT. THAT'S THE MESSAGE FROM ONE EMPLOYMENT LAWYER WHO SAYS IT'S ABOUT TIME A WELL-KNOWN COMPANY GETS PUBLICLY CALLED OUT FOR ILLEGAL BEHAVIOUR. IT FOLLOWS THE DECISION TO BAN BURGER KING FROM EMPLOYING MIGRANT WORKERS FOR ONE YEAR. BURGER KING, IT'LL REALLY DAMAGE THEIR BUSINESS. SO THEY'VE SUFFERED A HUGE PENALTY FOR THIS ` DESERVEDLY. UNDER THE MINIMUM WAGE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, AND THEIR HOURS SHOULD HAVE BEEN MEASURED. SO IF THERE'S ANY ADVICE OUT THERE FOR ANYONE, THAT IS TO ACTUALLY MEASURE PEOPLE'S HOURS IF THEY'RE NEAR THE MINIMUM WAGE. AND THE LAW SAYS THEY HAVE TO. A NEW FORECAST HAS REVEALED NEW ZEALAND MAY NOT CLOSE THE GENDER PAY GAP UNTIL 2044. THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED IT WOULD ATTEMPT TO GET TO PAY PARITY BY 2020, BUT NEW CALCULATIONS SHOW IT'LL TAKE 26 YEARS TO REACH THE TARGET. ONE WOMEN'S RIGHTS ADVOCATE SAYS MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS. YOU NEED TO ANALYSE IT AND YOU NEED TO REPORT ON IT, BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY, SO IT'S REALLY TRANSPARENT. I THINK WE NEED TO BUILD PIPELINES TO ENSURE THAT WE'VE GOT WOMEN COMING THROUGH. AND I THINK WE NEED TO SIZE ROLES, NOT THE INDIVIDUALS. THE NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE HAS BEEN RECOGNISED FOR ITS INITIATIVE AIMED AT ADDRESSING HARMFUL SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR IN THEIR WORKFORCE. LAST NIGHT THEY TOOK AWAY THE TOP AWARD AT THE 2018 DIVERSITY AWARDS FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO COMBAT AND REDUCE HARM. COLONEL KARL CUMMINS SAYS THE PROGRAMME IS TAUGHT IN AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT AND HAS ALLOWED THOSE IN ALL SECTORS OF THE DEFENCE FORCE TO SPEAK UP. COLLECTIVELY, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT IT IS TO BE A RESPECTFUL AND INCLUSIVE ORGANISATION. AND THAT'S A GREAT THING TO SEE. OVERALL, AS WELL, WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE COME FORWARD WITH ISSUES THEY HAVE AND SOMETIMES WITH COMPLAINTS ABOUT THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO THEM IN OUR ORGANISATION, AND ALSO THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO THEM BEFORE THEY'VE JOINED. WITH HER PROPOSED TALK HERE CAUSING DEBATE, CHELSEA MANNING COULD BE DENIED ENTRY TO AUSTRALIA. THE US WHISTLE-BLOWER IS DUE TO HOLD THE FIRST OF THREE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS ON SUNDAY IN SYDNEY. BUT THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING BLOCKING HER. THE ORGANISERS OF THE TALKS HAVE BEEN TOLD IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS ARE REVIEWING MS MANNING'S VISA INCLUDING HER CRIMINAL RECORD, AND WHETHER SHE POSES A RISK TO THE AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SAYS THE EU HAS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN BRITAIN'S BREXIT PLAN OR FACE THE RISK OF A NO-DEAL BREXIT. IT COMES AS EUROPE'S CHIEF NEGOTIATOR SAID THEY WERE PREPARED TO OFFER BRITAIN A UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP, DIFFERENT TO ONE ANY OTHER COUNTRY WOULD HAVE. THE BBC'S JOHN PIENAAR REPORTS. BRITAIN'S MARRIAGE WITH EUROPE OF HEARTS AND MINDS, UNLIKE THIS HAPPY COUPLE. BUT ANYWAY, IT'S NEARLY OVER ` JUST THE DIVORCE TO SORT OUT. THE GOVERNMENT'S WARNING TODAY, AN AGREEMENT ON BRITAIN'S TERMS OR NO DEAL AT ALL. IN PARIS, THE PRIME MINISTER'S RIGHT-HAND MAN IN CABINET TOLD THE EU, 'TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.' WITH EXACTLY SEVEN MONTHS UNTIL THE END OF ARTICLE 50 WITH EXACTLY SEVEN MONTHS UNTIL THE END OF ARTICLE 50 AND LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AHEAD OF THE OCTOBER COUNCIL, WE FACE THE CHOICE BETWEEN THE PRAGMATIC PROPOSALS WE'RE DISCUSSING NOW WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION OR THE RISK OF THEIR BEING NO DEAL. WESTMINSTER'S BEEN LEFT TO THE TOURISTS, MP'S STILL ON A BREAK. BUT BREXIT NEVER STOPS. NOR DO GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTS TO SOUND UPBEAT, INSISTING BRITISH PLANS FOR A SINGLE MARKET IN GOODS AND FARM PRODUCE BUT NOT SERVICES COULD BE THE BASIS FOR AGREEMENT. I'M CONFIDENT THAT A DEAL IS WITHIN OUR SIGHTS. WE'RE BRINGING AMBITION, PRAGMATISM, ENERGY. AND IF ` AND I EXPECT IT WILL BE ` AND IF IT IS MATCHED, WE GET A DEAL. THERE WERE, THOUGH, COMPLICATIONS ` BIG ONES ` INCLUDING AVOIDING A HARD BORDER IN IRELAND OR BETWEEN IRELAND A BRITAIN. THE TARGET DATE FOR AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN EU LEADERS MIGHT JUST SLIP. SO UNDER THE BREXIT TIMETABLE, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? IN SEPTEMBER, NEGOTIATIONS INTENSIFY AND EU LEADERS, INCLUDING THERESA MAY, MEET IN SALZBURG. IN OCTOBER, IT'S THE EU SUMMIT TO AGREE A DEAL, UNLESS THAT SLIPS. THEN A CRUCIAL VOTE IN PARLIAMENT ON THE DIVORCE DEAL AND FUTURE RELATIONSHIP. THE FOLLOWING MARCH, THE UK LEAVES THE EU. BUT WILL BRUSSELS AGREE TO BRITISH TERMS? ...MARCHE UNIQUE A LA CARTE. THERE'LL BE NO A-LA-CARTE MENU FOR BRITAIN, THOUGH THE UK COULD STILL HAVE A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP THAN ANY OTHER NON-EU STATE. PLANS FOR THE FUTURE AFTER BREXIT ARE STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS, JUST MONTHS BEFORE BRITAIN PEELS OFF AND GOES ITS OWN WAY. MEANWHILE, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY CONTINUES HER TOUR OF AFRICA WITH THE HOPE OF LOCKING DOWN TIES IN PREPARATION FOR POST-BREXIT BRITAIN. MS MAY HAS NOW ARRIVED IN NIGERIA, WHERE SHE WAS GREETED BY THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT. SHE WILL BE HEADING TO KENYA TOMORROW. THERE ARE BRITISH COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE IN NIGERIA FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. WE WANT TO ENHANCE THOSE TRADING LINKS. I THINK THERE ARE REAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO DO SO AS WE'RE LEAVING THE EUROPEAN UNION. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN DISCUSSING HERE IN NIGERIA TODAY. THERE'S A WARNING FROM U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THAT HIS POLICIES COULD BE DITCHED IF THE DEMOCRATS WIN NOVEMBER'S MIDTERM ELECTION. THE PRESIDENT MADE THE STATEMENT DURING AN APPEAL TO CHRISTIAN LEADERS, SAYING THE VOTE IS A REFERENDUM ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND RELIGION, AND THESE ARE THREATENED BY WHO HE LABELLED 'VIOLENT PEOPLE'. MIDTERM ELECTIONS GIVE A GOOD INDICATOR AND WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL DON MCGAHN WILL LEAVE HIS JOB LATER THIS YEAR. HE WAS INVOLVED IN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LEGAL AFFAIRS WHEN THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION BEGAN. MR MCGAHN WILL DEPART ONCE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE NOMINEE BRETT KAVANAUGH IS CONFIRMED. ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS 82ND BIRTHDAY, LATE SENATOR JOHN McCAIN IS LYING IN STATE AT ARIZONA'S CAPITOL BEFORE HE'S BURIED IN MARYLAND. MR MCCAIN DIED EARLIER THIS WEEK AFTER A BATTLE WITH CANCER. THE ABC'S TERRY MORAN IS THERE WITH THIS. UNDER THE BLAZING ARIZONA SUN, THE MOTORCADE BEARING JOHN McCAIN MADE ITS WAY THROUGH THE STREETS OF PHOENIX. IN SILENCE, IT ARRIVED AT THE STATE CAPITOL, AN HONOUR GUARD AWAITING, CINDY McCAIN STEPPING FORWARD, SUPPORTED BY HER TWO SONS IN THEIR DRESS UNIFORMS ` JACK, A NAVY HELICOPTER PILOT, AND JIMMY, A MARINE. THEN THE GUARDSMEN PALL BEARERS REMOVED THE CASKET AND JOHN McCAIN'S SALUTE THEIR FATHER. AND JOHN McCAIN'S SON SALUTE THEIR FATHER. UP THE LONG WALK, THE HONOUR GUARD BRINGING INSIDE, AS THE CASKET IS PLACED IN THE ROTUNDA UNDER THE COPPER DOME, THE FAMILY TAKING THEIR SEATS, MEGHAN McCAIN SOBBING, OVERCOME WITH GRIEF, COMFORTED BY HER BROTHER. A BRIEF AND SIMPLE SERVICE. A WREATH IS LAID NEXT TO THE CASKET. IN HIS FINAL MONTHS, JOHN McCAIN HIMSELF ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS SERVICE AND THE ONES COMING LATER THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON, PERSONALLY REACHING OUT TO PRESIDENTS BARACK OBAMA AND GEORGE W BUSH TO DELIVER EULOGIES SATURDAY AT THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL ` THE TWO MEN WHO DEFEATED HIM IN HIS CAMPAIGNS FOR THE PRESIDENCY. SENATOR JEFF FLAKE TODAY PRAISING McCAIN'S ABILITY... TO SEE AND APPRECIATE THE HUMANITY IN OUR OPPONENTS. WHEN IT WAS OVER, THERE WAS CINDY McCAIN AND THAT MOMENT OF TENDERNESS AND SORROW. HIS SEVEN CHILDREN COMING FORWARD ONE BY ONE TO HONOUR THEIR FATHER. AFTERWARDS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FILING PAST, EACH ONE HAVING A MOMENT TO SAY GOODBYE. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THE BATTLE FOR SHELLFISH GETS UGLY AS BRITISH AND FRENCH BOATS CLASH ON THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. THEY HELP SAVE LIVES ` BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PARAMEDICS INSIDE THEM? HOW TECHNOLOGY'S HELPING KEEP AMBOS SAFE. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS BACKTRACKED ON PLANNED PENSION CHANGES FOLLOWING AN OUTCRY AND A DIP IN HIS APPROVAL RATING. THE PRESIDENT PROPOSED A REFORM TO THE PENSION SYSTEM BY RAISING THE RETIREMENT AGE FOR WOMEN FROM 55 TO 60, INSTEAD OF 63 PROPOSED BY THE GOVERNMENT. IN A RARE TV ADDRESS, MR PUTIN SAID IT WAS NECESSARY AS THE COUNTRY'S WORKING AGE POPULATION WAS SHRINKING. AMBULANCES HELP SAVE LIVES. BUT IF THE VEHICLE IS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, THE PARAMEDICS AT WORK CAN BE PUT AT RISK. BUT AS THE ABC'S DAVID KERLEY FOUND OUT, NEW TECHNOLOGY IS BEING INTRODUCED TO KEEP EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS, OR EMTs, SAFER. WATCH THIS 14,000-POUND AMBULANCE VIOLENTLY ROLL OVER, SHOWING THE IMPORTANCE OF SEAT BELTS IN THE BACK OF AN AMBULANCE. EVERY YEAR THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED 4500 AMBULANCE ACCIDENTS. AND IN THE MAJORITY ` 84% OF THOSE ACCIDENTS ` THE EMTs, OR PARAMEDICS, WERE NOT USING SEAT BELTS, INCLUDING THIS CRASH EARLIER THIS YEAR OUTSIDE OF CINCINNATI, AND THIS 2014 ACCIDENT INVOLVING A HEAD-ON COLLISION. BRIAN NAGEL WAS IN THE BACK OF THAT AMBULANCE WORKING ON A PATIENT. HE WAS SEVERELY INJURED. I WAS SITTING ON A BENCH SEAT, UNSECURED. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO DO GOOD PATIENT CARE AND BE RESTRAINED. IMMI, ONE OF THE LARGEST PROVIDERS OF COMMERCIAL SEAT BELTS, DOES HAVE A RESTRAINT THAT RETRACTS. THESE FOUR-POINT BELTS HAVE WHAT IS CALLED CONTROLLED DECELERATOR TECHNOLOGY, MEANING THE BELT EXPANDS SLIGHTLY, LESSENING THE IMPACT ON THE BODY. THE COMPANY PUT THEM TO THE ULTIMATE TEST, THE IMPACT OF THIS CRASH SO POWERFUL THE AMBULANCE DOOR IS JAMMED CLOSED. BUT ONCE WE GO IN, WE CAN SEE THAT ALL THE EMT DUMMIES ARE DANGLING UPSIDE-DOWN, BUT STILL RESTRAINED,... THAT'S PRETTY REMARKABLE. ...PREVENTING THEM FROM BECOMING PROJECTILES. WHEN AN EMT IS NOT BUCKLED UP, THEY RISK NOT ONLY THEMSELVES BUT ALSO THE PATIENT AS WELL. IF THEY WEREN'T WEARING SEAT BELTS, IT COULD LOOK LIKE THIS. A SIMULATION TEST ALSO CONDUCTED BY IMMI SHOWING HOW THE DUMMIES GO FLYING. THIS SIDE-BY-SIDE VIEW SHOWS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR EMTs TO BUCKLE UP FOR THE SAFETY OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR PATIENTS. WITHOUT BEING RESTRAINED, IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A LOT OF THINGS TO GO WRONG. FOR BRIAN NAGEL, NOW A SAFETY ADVOCATE, PUTTING THESE SEAT BELTS IN AMBULANCE IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE CAN'T SAVE PATIENTS IF WE'RE NOT SAFE OURSELVES. AN ADVERT FOR AN APP THAT CLAIMS TO BE A 99% EFFECTIVE BIRTH CONTROL METHOD HAS BEEN BANNED IN THE UK FOR BEING MISLEADING. THE 'NATURAL CYCLES' APP IS AN ALTERNATIVE CONTRACEPTION METHOD USING A WOMAN'S TEMPERATURE TO GAUGE HOW FERTILE SHE IS AT ANY GIVEN TIME. BUT AS THE BBC'S JEAN MCKENZIE REPORTS, IT'S NOT AS EFFECTIVE AS IT CLAIMS. REBECCA WASN'T PLANNING ON HAVING HER FIRST CHILD FOR A FEW YEARS. I WAS LOOKING FOR A, SORT OF, ALTERNATIVE TO HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION AT THE TIME. I SUFFER FROM DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY, AND HORMONE-RELATED CONTRACEPTIONS JUST SEEMED TO REALLY ESCALATE THAT. SHE CAME ACROSS THE CONTRACEPTIVE APP 'NATURAL CYCLES', WHICH TRACK'S WOMEN'S FERTILITY OVER THE MONTH AND TELLS THEM WHEN THEY CAN AND CAN'T GET PREGNANT. SHE SAID SHE STARTED USING IT AFTER SHE SAW AN ADVERT ON INSTAGRAM CLAIMING IT WAS 99% EFFECTIVE. I WAS, SORT OF, SUCKED INTO THIS '99% EFFECTIVE'. YOU KNOW, EVEN MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE PILL. REBECCA SAYS SHE'D BEEN FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS PERFECTLY FOR THREE MONTHS WHEN SHE FOUND OUT SHE WAS PREGNANT. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THINGS THAT I MIGHT` WOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY. THE ADVERTISING WATCHDOG HAS RULED THAT THE APP CANNOT BE MARKETED AS 'HIGHLY' OR '99% EFFECTIVE' BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE FROM USERS SHOWS THERE'S, IN FACT, A 7% CHANCE OF GETTING PREGNANT. IF YOU HAD BEEN SOLD IT AS 'SEVEN OUT OF 100 WOMEN EVERY YEAR 'WILL GET PREGNANT USING THIS', WOULD YOU HAVE USED IT? UM, NO. A YEAR OR SO AGO, WHEN I SAW IT ON INSTAGRAM, I WAS LED TO BELIEVE IT WAS 99% EFFECTIVE. I THINK THAT IS DEFINITELY MISLEADING. THE COMPANY SAYS IT'S REMOVED THE ADVERT IN QUESTION, AND ITS CURRENT ADVERTS PROVIDE WOMEN WITH THE NECESSARY INFORMATION. FRENCH AND BRITISH FISHERMEN ARE IN A ROW OVER SCALLOPS IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. THE FRENCHMEN HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF THROWING ROCKS, SMOKE BOMBS AND INSULTS AT RIVAL BOATS. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THE TWO NATIONS HAVE BUTTED HEADS OFF THE NORMANDY COAST. THE BBC'S CLAIRE MARSHALL REPORTS. WATCH THE BLUE BOAT,... (MAN YELLS) ...A 200-TON BRITISH SCALLOP TRAWLER. THIS FOOTAGE FROM A FRENCH BOAT SHOWS IT COLLIDING WITH SMALLER FRENCH VESSELS. BRITISH FISHERMEN SAY FRENCH BOATS LIKE THIS SURROUNDED THEM AND STARTED ATTACKING THEM. JUST A GLIMPSE OF THE VIOLENT CLASHES OFF THE COAST OF NORMANDY IN THE EARLY HOURS OF TUESDAY MORNING. LIKE, ROCKS AND FLARES COMING ACROSS HERE. RIGHT THROUGH HERE? YEAH. THERE WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 50, 60 BOATS AROUND US, IN THE END. DO YOU THINK OUR NAVY SHOULD GO WITH YOU? THE ONLY WAY TO DEAL WITH IT NOW IS TO GET OUR NAVY INVOLVED AND TRY AND PROTECT US, REALLY. (BOAT HORN BLARES) BUT THE FRENCH FISHERMEN INVOLVED ARE FURIOUS. FRENCH LAW BANS THEM FROM FISHING IN THE BAIE DE SEINE OVER SUMMER. NORMALLY THERE'S A DEAL WHERE LARGER BRITISH BOATS ALSO STAY AWAY. THIS YEAR NEGOTIATIONS BROKE DOWN AND THEY MOVED IN. (MAN SPEAKS FRENCH) TRANSLATOR: THEY HAVE NO HOURS, NO QUOTAS. THEY JUST FILL THEIR BOATS. THEY COME, SCRAPE AND LEAVE. THEY START WORKING A MONTH BEFORE US AND THEY LEAVE US THE CRUMBS. SCALLOPS REPRODUCE IN THE SUMMER. AND THIS IS WHY FRENCH FISHERMEN ARGUE THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE HARVESTED UNTIL THE FIRST OF OCTOBER. IT'S A QUESTION OF SUSTAINABILITY. BUT THIS SIDE OF THE CHANNEL, THE VIEW IS THAT THERE'S MORE THAN ENOUGH TO GO AROUND. WE BELIEVE THAT THE SCALLOPS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION FROM THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR. BRITISH FISHERMEN WILL CONTINUE TO FISH IN THE BAIE DE SEINE IF WE DON'T DO A DEAL WITH FRANCE. IT'S NOW DOWN TO THE INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATORS TO COOL TEMPERS. AND THE ALL BLACKS HAVE SUFFERED AN INJURY BLOW, WITH JOE MOODY RULED OUT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP. THE PROP FRACTURED HIS LEFT THUMB AND WILL BE SIDE-LINED FOR SIX WEEKS, COACH STEVE HANSEN SAID HE IS LIKELY TO RETURN TO THE SIDE BEFORE THE END-OF-YEAR TOUR. TARANAKI AND CHIEFS PROP ANGUS TA'AVAO WILL COME INTO THE ALL BLACKS AS COVER. AND THE CALL-UP IS MORE GOOD NEWS FOR TA'AVAO. THE TARANAKI SKIPPER PLAYED A HELPING HAND IN THE AMBER AND BLACK'S COMEBACK VICTORY OVER COUNTIES MANUKAU IN THE PROVINCIAL RUGBY PREMIERSHIP. TARANAKI CLINCHED THE WIN IN THE FINAL MINUTES, AFTER THE STEELERS HAD DRAWN LEVEL MOMENTS EARLIER. REFEREE: IT WENT BACKWARDS. PLAY ON. LOST. HENWOOD IS OUT. NOW TROUBLE. COUNTIES MANUKAU ALLOW BEAUDEIN WAKA THROUGH THE DOORWAY ON THE OUTSIDE. THAT TRY, FULLBACK BEAUDEIN WAAKA'S SECOND OF THE NIGHT IN PUKEKOHE, TOOK HIS HAUL TO 21 POINTS, TA'AVAO HAPPY HIS SIDE CAME AWAY WITH THE POINTS IN THE 26-19 WIN. I'M PROUD OF THE BOYS. WE HAD A BIT OF A ROUGH START, GAVE AWAY A LOT OF SILLY PENALTIES AND REALLY KEPT THEM IN THE GAME. I THINK THOSE GAMES YOU HAVE TO GRIND OUT AND GET A WIN EARLY WILL BE GOOD FOR US IN THE LONG RUN. THE MAN SOME ALL BLACKS FANS HOLD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SURPRISE QUARTER-FINAL EXIT AT THE 2007 RUGBY WORLD CUP WILL BLOW THE WHISTLE ON HIS CAREER NEXT YEAR. ENGLISH REFEREE WAYNE BARNES HAS ANNOUNCED HE'LL RETIRE AFTER THE NEXT WORLD CUP IN JAPAN. THE 39-YEAR-OLD MADE HIS DEBUT IN 2006 AND HAS SINCE OFFICIATED 200 PREMIERSHIP GAMES AND 81 TESTS. ALL EYES WILL BE ON NEW ZEALAND NETBALL TODAY WHEN THEY ANNOUNCE THE NEW SILVER FERNS COACH THIS AFTERNOON. NOELINE TAURUA IS TIPPED TO BE NAMED AS JANINE SOUTHBY'S REPLACEMENT AFTER SHE RESIGNED FROM THE ROLE LAST MONTH. LAST WEEK TAURUA LED THE SUNSHINE COAST LIGHTNING TO THE AUSTRALIAN SUPER NETBALL TITLE. IT'S UNDERSTOOD SHE'LL BECOME THE FIRST COACH TO MANAGE THE NATIONAL SIDE WHILE BEING CONTRACTED TO AN AUSTRALIAN FRANCHISE. KIWI MEN'S DOUBLES PLAYERS MARCUS DANIEL AND MICHAEL VENUS HAVE BOTH RESPECTIVELY MOVED INTO THE SECOND ROUND OF THE US OPEN. ELSEWHERE, ANDY MURRAY'S GRAND SLAM COMEBACK IS OVER, THE BRITON DUMPED OUT OF THE US OPEN BY SPANISH 31ST SEED FERNANDO VERDASCO IN A FOUR-SET THRILLER. GAME, SET, MATCH, VERDASCO. THAT MAN DOES NOT FLINCH. AND HE CONQUERS A NEMESIS. THAT WIN WAS THE SPANIARD'S FIRST OVER MURRAY IN NEARLY A DECADE. IN THE WOMEN'S DRAW, DEFENDING CHAMPION SLOANE STEPHENS SURVIVED A SCARE TO PROGRESS TO THE THIRD ROUND. VETERAN KIWI NRL STAR BENJI MARSHALL HAS SIGNED ON FOR ANOTHER SEASON WITH THE WEST TIGERS. THE FAN FAVOURITE RE-SIGNED ALONG WITH ANOTHER CLUB LEGEND, ROBBIE FARAH, FOR A DEAL THAT'LL SEE THEM PLAY A 17TH SEASON AT THE SYDNEY CLUB. CHANNEL NINE'S CAMERON WILLIAMS EXPLAINS. THEIR PARTNERSHIP STARTED IN THE DARK AGES ` EVEN BEFORE TWITTER. BUT THESE OLD WARRIORS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES. (TEXT ALERT BLEEPS) (MESSAGE WHOOSHES) (TEXT ALERT BLEEPS) FARAH SAYS IT FEELS GOOD. HE EXPECTS HIS LAST YEAR TO BE ONE OF HIS BEST. JUST EMBRACE EVERYTHING, TAKE IT ALL IN AND REALLY ENJOY MY FOOTY, KNOWING IT'S GONNA BE MY LAST YEAR. AND HOPEFULLY LEAVE THE LEGACY ONCE I'M GONE AND LEAVE THE CLUB IN A BETTER PLACE ONCE MYSELF AND BENJI ARE GONE. MARSHALL IS ALSO ENJOYING FOOTBALL MORE THAN HE COULD HAVE IMAGINED. FOR HIM, THE DECISION WAS ALL ABOUT FAMILY. HAVING MY SON BE ABLE TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME ON THE FIELD AND BE ABLE TO WALK AROUND ON THE FIELD WITH ME IS A BIG THING FOR ME. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU JUST CAN'T GET THAT OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY AGAIN IF YOU DECIDE TO RETIRE, SO I DIDN'T WANNA HAVE ANY REGRETS AND I FELT LIKE I'VE STILL GOT A LOT TO OFFER. THEY'RE BACK TOGETHER, BACK HOME, BACK HAVING FUN. THEY SAY THE TIGERS ARE ON THE UP. THE LEAPS AND BOUNDS WE'VE COME PERFORMANCE-WISE, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE STILL GOT ANOTHER GAME TO GO, BUT 12 WINS SO FAR I THINK IS A BIG ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE CLUB. IT'S JUST WHAT RABBITOHS COACH ANTHONY SEIBOLD DIDN'T NEED AFTER THREE STRAIGHT LOSSES ` A BUNCH OF PUMPED-UP TIGERS PLAYING FOR THE SHEER FUN OF IT. WE EXPECT A LITTLE BIT OF CHAOS FOOTY, YOU KNOW. I THINK THEY'LL KEEP IT ALIVE WITH OFFLOAD SHIFTS, A LOT OF DROP-OFFS. SO THEY'RE VERY EFFECTIVE WHEN THEY DO THAT. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER AT YOUR PLACE. 'LOW BROW' BY KIWI ARTIST CHELSEA JADE PLAYS OUT YOUR WEATHER. (CHELSEA JADE'S 'LOW BROW') THANKS FOR JOINING US. FROM THE TEAM BEHIND 1NEWS MIDDAY, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND TRACEY DAWSON.