IT'S MIDDAY. AUSTRALIA SAID NO. WE'RE SAYING YES ` IMMIGRATION GRANTS A CONTROVERSIAL WHISTLE-BLOWER PERMISSION TO APPLY FOR A VISA TO NEW ZEALAND. TWO MINISTERS IN TWO WEEKS. NEW INFORMATION AROUND WHY LABOUR MINISTER MEKA WHAITIRI WAS STOOD DOWN, AS THE OPPOSITION CALLS FOR A TRANSPARENT INVESTIGATION. AND A MIRACLE BIRTH IN AN AQUARIUM. THE CURIOUS TALE OF A FEMALE STINGRAY WHO'S GIVEN BIRTH WITHOUT HAVING MALE CONTACT FOR NINE YEARS. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND ANTONY VLUG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018. AHIAHI MARIE. GOOD AFTERNOON. WHISTLE-BLOWER CHELSEA MANNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND, WITH IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS GRANTING HER PERMISSION TO APPLY FOR A VISA. THE FORMER INTELLIGENCE ANALYST, WHO LEAKED CLASSIFIED MILITARY DOCUMENTS TO WIKILEAKS, WILL SPEAK IN AUCKLAND NEXT MONTH. NEW ZEALAND IMMIGRATION SAYS IN REACHING THE DECISION, THEY COULD SEE NO REASON TO BELIEVE MS MANNING WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A VISA. MANNING'S ACCESS TO AUSTRALIA IS STILL IN DISCUSSION, BUT IT APPEARS LIKELY THEY'LL DENY HER VISIT. NATIONAL SAYS THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW THE RESULTS OF AN INVESTIGATION INTO A LABOUR MINISTER'S TREATMENT OF HER STAFF. 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS CUSTOMS MINISTER MEKA WHAITIRI IS FACING AN ALLEGATION OF ASSAULTING A STAFF MEMBER. PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN HAS ACCEPTED THE MINISTER'S OFFER TO STAND ASIDE WHILE AN INVESTIGATION INTO A STAFFING MATTER IN HER MINISTERIAL OFFICE IS CARRIED OUT. SIMON BRIDGES SAYS THE MATTER IS SERIOUS. SO, I THINK, YOU KNOW, A MINISTER IS NOT STOOD DOWN FROM GOVERNMENT UNLESS THERE'S BEEN MORE THAN A TIFF OR A DISAGREEMENT. IT MUST HAVE BEEN MORE THAN THAT. ND NEW ZEALANDERS WILL DESERVE ULTIMATELY TO KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE GIVEN THAT SHE'S BEEN STOOD DOWN. MEANWHILE, ONE POLITICAL COMMENTATOR SAYS LOSING TWO MINISTERS IN ONE WEEK IS A BAD LOOK FOR THE PRIME MINISTER. I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WAS SEEN AS HANDLING THE CLAIRE CURRAN INCIDENT SHE ONLY GAVE THAT PARTIAL SACKING TO CLAIRE CURRAN, SO I THINK THERE WILL BE SOME PRESSURE ON ARDERN TO GO A BIT TOUGHER ON WHAITIRI, BUT, I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WONDER WHAT'S GOING ON. THERE'LL BE SPECULATION. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, TOXIC ENVIRONMENT THAT'S GONE ON IN HER MINISTERIAL OFFICE, AND THERE WAS AN ALLEGED INCIDENT OF SHOVING, BUT WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO WAIT FOR THAT INQUIRY TO GO THROUGH. THE PROPERTY INSTITUTE OF NEW ZEALAND IS URGING THOSE WANTING TO GET ONTO THE PROPERTY LADDER TO DO THEIR OWN RESEARCH. IT FOLLOWS COMMENTATORS SIGNALLING A CRASH IN THE HOUSING MARKET. ASHLEY CHURCH SAYS THERE'S BEEN A 28% INCREASE IN CONSENTS, AND WHILST THE MARKET MAY BE COOLING OFF, IT'S DEFINITELY NOT IN A SLUMP. THEY'RE HEARING ALL OF THIS STUFF, AND THEY'RE SAYING, 'WELL, SURELY, 'THE MARKET MUST BE ABOUT TO TANK AS A RESULT OF THAT.' BUT I THINK THERE'S ALSO AN ELEMENT OF WISHFUL THINKING. I THINK THERE'S A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO SEE THEMSELVES HAVING BEEN LOCKED OUT OF THE MARKET IN RESPECT OF PRICES, AND FOR WHOM A CRASH IN PROPERTY PRICES WOULD ACTUALLY ENABLE THEM PERHAPS TO GET BACK INTO THE MARKET. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WISHING IT TO HAPPEN IS NOT GONNA MAKE IT HAPPEN. NAPIER'S NATIONAL AQUARIUM'S BEEN GIVEN A FUNDING BOOST TO HELP MEET ITS GOAL OF BEING A MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTION. THE PROVINCIAL GROWTH FUND'S ANNOUNCED IT'LL CONTRIBUTE $350,000 TO DEVELOP A BUSINESS CASE TO EXPAND AND ENHANCE AND THE AQUARIUM, HALF OF THE OVERALL COST, TO PROVIDE A GREATER BENEFIT TO THE REGION. NAPIER MAYOR BILL DALTON SAYS THE FUNDING IS A GAME CHANGER AND PUTS THE AQUARIUM ON THE MAP AS A CONSERVATION CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE AND A SIGNIFICANT ECO-TOURISM DESTINATION. NOW, HERE'S A STORY THAT'LL WARM YOUR HEART. FRECKLE THE STINGRAY HAS SPENT THE PAST NINE YEARS AS A SINGLE FEMALE AT THE SEALIFE SYDNEY AQUARIUM. BUT FRECKLE HAS SUDDENLY CREATED A BABY STINGRAY ALL ON HER OWN ` AN EVENT THAT'S STUNNED MARINE EXPERTS. CHANNEL NINE'S MIKE DALTON HAS THE DETAILS. SHE IS THE AQUATIC SISTER WHO DECIDED TO DO IT FOR HERSELF. THIS IS FRECKLE. AS YOU CAN SEE, SHE'S GOT A LITTLE SPOT ON THE SIDE OF HER FACE. AND SHE'S A SINGLE MUM? SHE'S A SINGLE MUM. FRECKLE THE STINGRAY, AFTER NINE YEARS OF SPINSTER, GOT TIRED OF WAITING FOR MR RIGHT AND SO DECIDED TO CLONE HERSELF, LAST MONTH GIVING BIRTH TO A GIRL CALLED ANNIE. AND SHE'S ONLY JUST LEARNT THE PROCESS OF HAND-FEEDING? YES, YEP, ONLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. BECAUSE SHE'S ONLY JUST STARTED TO EAT, FULL STOP. SHE'S PICKED IT UP EARLY. SHE'S VERY SMART. FRECKLE'S RE-FRECKLING IS AN EXTREMELY RARE PHENOMENA AMONG SHARKS AND STINGRAYS CALLED PARTHENOGENESIS, OR 'VIRGIN BIRTH'. THIS IS AN ADAPTATION TO LIVING IN ISLAND AREAS. SO THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MALES. SO THE FEMALES JUST DECIDE, AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, TO REPRODUCE THEMSELVES. THE FIRST SIGNS FROM FRECKLE A FEW MONTHS BACK WERE THE CRAVINGS. SHE WAS EATING LARGE PIECES OF MULLET AND TREVALLY. LIKE, LITERALLY, HOOVERING DOWN THE FOOD. A VERSION OF CHOCOLATE FOR AN EAGLE RAY. THEN, LATE LAST MONTH, ANNIE WOULD ARRIVE. BUT GIVEN ANNIE ARRIVED WITHOUT THE USUAL INPUT OF DNA, THERE WERE CONCERNS THE LITTLE MIRACLE MAY NOT LIVE LONG. SO, WE'RE JUST WATCHING HER AND SEEING HOW SHE GOES, BUT, CERTAINLY, I THINK THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF INTEREST IN THIS LITTLE RAY. SO FAR, ANNIE'S BEEN HITTING ALL THE STINGRAY BABY BENCHMARKS, EATING AND GROWING WELL. BUT ONE WONDERS, WHAT'S IN THE WATER? MAYBE US FEMALE DIVERS NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHEN WE'RE DIVING IN THIS SIDE OF THE TANK, I DON'T KNOW. (LAUGHS) IF YOU START CRAVING FILET-O-FISHES, THEN YOU DO HAVE SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT. (CHUCKLES) YEAH. STAYING IN THE U.S, NEW REPORTS SAY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS TRIED TO BUY ALL THE ALLEGATIONS ON HIM COLLECTED BY THE TABLOID NEWSPAPER THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER. DONALD TRUMP AND HIS FORMER ATTORNEY, MICHAEL COHEN, DEVISED A PLAN TO PURCHASE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING STORIES ABOUT THE PRESIDENT BEFORE THE ELECTION. THE ABC'S KYRA PHILLIPS EXPLAINS. HE WAS DONALD TRUMP'S SECRET WEAPON, PUBLISHING MOGUL DAVID PECKER, WHOSE SUPERMARKET TABLOIDS, LIKE THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER, TORE INTO THE CANDIDATE'S RIVALS ` THIS WAS A MAGAZINE THAT FRANKLY, IN MANY RESPECTS, SHOULD BE VERY RESPECTED. SOURCES SAY PECKER TOLD FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS HE ALSO WORKED WITH TRUMP'S LONG-TIME FIXER, MICHAEL COHEN, TO BUY AND BURY THE STORIES OF WOMEN CLAIMING AFFAIRS WITH THE BILLIONAIRE AND THAT TRUMP KNEW ABOUT IT. ONE OF THOSE WOMEN ` FORMER PLAYBOY PLAYMATE KAREN MCDOUGAL. THERE WERE REAL FEELINGS BETWEEN THE TWO OF US. TRUMP HAS DENIED THE AFFAIR, BUT TONIGHT THERE IS NEWS THE ENQUIRER HAD A LOT MORE DIRT ON HIM THAN JUST THE MCDOUGAL STORY, THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTING THE TABLOID HAD BEEN COLLECTING INFORMATION ON THE PRESIDENT SINCE THE '80S AND THAT DURING THE CAMPAIGN, TRUMP AND COHEN WANTED TO BUY IT ALL THEMSELVES. JUST WEEKS BEFORE THE ELECTION, COHEN SECRETLY RECORDED A CONVERSATION WITH TRUMP. AN EMOTIONAL MEMORIAL SERVICE HAS BEEN HELD FOR THE LATE SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN IN HIS HOME STATE OF ARIZONA. HIS CLOSE FRIEND AND FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TOLD THE SERVICE HE WAS LIKE A BROTHER. THE ABC'S TERRY MORAN IS THERE WITH THIS. THEY LINED THE STREETS AND HIGHWAYS OF PHOENIX FOR ONE LAST MOMENT IN ARIZONA WITH JOHN MCCAIN. MANY WAVING THE FLAG OF THE COUNTRY HE SO LONG SERVED, AND SOME HOLDING CAMPAIGN SIGNS FROM YEARS GONE BY. AT THE CHURCH WHERE HE WORSHIPPED FOR 25 YEARS, JOHN MCCAIN WAS REMEMBERED AND CELEBRATED, EACH SPEAKER REFLECTING AN ASPECT OF HIS LIFE AND HIS VALUES. AND JOE BIDEN, A POLITICAL OPPONENT FOR SO LONG, BUT A FRIEND FIRST. I ALWAYS THOUGHT OF JOHN AS A BROTHER. WE HAD A HELL OF A LOT OF FAMILY FIGHTS. (LAUGHTER) BIDEN PRAISED WHAT HE CALLED MCCAIN'S AGELESS CODE. HE COULD NOT STAND THE ABUSE OF POWER. IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT BASIC VALUES WITH JOHN ` FAIRNESS, HONESTY, DIGNITY, RESPECT. AND THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT SAYING MCCAIN'S FIERCE PATRIOTISM IS WHY HIS PASSING HAS TOUCHED SUCH A DEEP CHORD ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I THINK JOHN BELIEVED IN US. I THINK HE BELIEVED IN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. TO PARAPHRASE SHAKESPEARE, WE SHALL NOT SEE HIS LIKE AGAIN. MCCAIN HIMSELF CHOSE THE MUSIC. FRANK SINATRA'S MY WAY. # I DID IT MY WAY. # AND THEN TO THE AIRPORT, AND THE ARIZONA NATIONAL GUARD SALUTING HIM FOR HIS FINAL FLIGHT TO WASHINGTON. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` WHAT EXACTLY ARE ENERGY DRINKS DOING TO CHILDREN? A PUBLIC CONSULTATION HAS BEEN LAUNCHED ON THE SALE OF HIGH-CAFFEINE DRINKS. IT'S SHOW TIME ` A ROYAL VISIT AT LONDON'S WEST END AS PRINCE HARRYS BRIEF VOCAL PERFORMANCE WOWS THE CROWD. AND ANOTHER RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE, TOM WALSH THROWS BIG IN THE DIAMOND LEAGUE ` WE'LL HAVE ALL THE ACTION AFTER THE BREAK. WOMAN: Ugh! (SPITS) If you're an AA member, get into Specsavers for a free eye exam. Book online today. A PUBLIC CONSULTATION HAS BEEN LAUNCHED IN ENGLAND ON THE SALE OF HIGH-CAFFEINE ENERGY DRINKS TO CHILDREN, WITH MINISTERS SAYING SUGAR AND CAFFEINE ARE DAMAGING CHILDREN'S HEALTH. HERE'S THE BBC'S DAN JOHNSTON WITH THE STORY. HIGH ENERGY, HIGH SUGAR AND HIGH CAFFEINE. THERE ARE WARNINGS, BUT THERE'S ALSO CONCERN ABOUT OBESITY AND TOOTH DECAY, HYPERACTIVITY AND PROBLEMS SLEEPING. AND WITH TWO-THIRDS OF 10- TO 17-YEAR-OLDS DRINKING THEM, A BAN COULD NOW BE ON THE WAY. EVERY 100ML OF RED BULL HAS 32MG OF CAFFEINE AND 11G OF SUGAR. THE LEVELS IN MONSTER ARE AROUND THE SAME. THAT'S THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF CAFFEINE IN COCA COLA AND A SIMILAR DOSE OF SUGAR. SO ONE LARGE ENERGY DRINK WOULD GIVE A CHILD THEIR DAILY ALLOWANCE OF CAFFEINE. AND THIS LOCAL GP HAS SEEN AN 11-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS DRINKING EIGHT CANS A DAY. LARGE AMOUNTS OF CAFFEINE LEAD TO THINGS LIKE PALPITATIONS, RAPID HEART BEAT, HEADACHES, CHEST PAIN AND BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN. AND SUGAR LEADS TO OBESITY AND THINGS LIKE DIABETES. BUT THE GOVERNMENT'S ASKING HOW A BAN SHOULD WORK. AND WHETHER 16 OR 18 IS THE RIGHT AGE. THIS PRIMARY SCHOOL HEAD TEACHER'S GONE FURTHER AND ALREADY BANNED ALL FIZZY, SUGARY DRINKS BECAUSE OF THEIR IMPACT ON KIDS' HEALTH AND BEHAVIOUR. INATTENTIVENESS, INABILITY TO SIT STILL, LOW-LEVEL DISRUPTION, CALLING OUT, ROCKING ON CHAIRS. THERE ARE ENOUGH ISSUES THAT CREATE A HYPERACTIVITY TENDENCIES WITHIN CHILDREN, LET ALONE THEM TAKING ON CAFFEINE` CAFFEINATED DRINKS IN THE MORNING. THEY'RE EYE-CATCHING, TASTY AND CHEAP, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE ENERGY DRINKS ARE ABOUT TO HAVE THEIR WINGS CLIPPED. SUICIDE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST KILLERS OF MEN IN THE UK, AND RATES ARE ON THE RISE. IN BRITAIN, MEN WORKING IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE, WITH FIGURES SHOWING LOW-SKILLED MALE LABOURERS ARE THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO TAKE THEIR LIFE THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. THE BBC'S CAROLINE DAVIS SPOKE TO A SURVIVOR. LEE ROWLAND IS A 28-YEAR-OLD CARPENTER. HE SPENT YEARS LIVING WITH ANXIETY, BUT HE NEVER SPOKE ABOUT IT. UNTIL HE WAS AT WORK AND CAME CLOSE TO TAKING HIS OWN LIFE. TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD, YOU COULD SEEM LIKE IT'S A LAUGH AND A BIT OF FUN WORKING ON THE BUILDING SITE. IT'S BLOODY STRESSFUL. IT'S NOT REALLY SOMEWHERE YOU TALK ABOUT HOW YOU'RE FEELING, REALLY, AND YOUR EMOTIONS, AND IT'S BEEN HARD TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO SOME PEOPLE THAT... THAT I STRUGGLE SOMETIMES WITH STUFF, AND SOMETIMES I CAN BE A BIT, SORT OF, JOKING AND A BIT BLASE ABOUT IT RATHER THAN GIVING IT, I SUPPOSE, THE REAL EMOTIONAL THOUGHT THAT IT REALLY NEEDS. JUST START HOISTING UP ON THE ROPE THERE, MATE. UP YOU GO AGAIN. LEE ASKED FOR HELP. NOW HE SPEAKS TO OTHER WORKERS TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. BUT TRADE UNION LEADERS SAY IT'S THE STRUCTURE OF THE INDUSTRY THAT'S THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM. LACK OF PERMANENT JOBS, TRAVELLING TO WORK, POOR LODGING, VERY LONG HOURS ` BETWEEN 12 HOURS A DAY, 60 HOURS A WEEK. ISOLATION, AND ABOVE ALL OF THAT, A STIGMA. A FEAR THAT IF THEY RAISE A MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER WITH THEIR EMPLOYER, THAT SOMEHOW THEY WILL BE DISCIPLINED OR DISMISSED, AND THAT'S A VERY REAL PROBABILITY. MANY OF THESE ISSUES ARE SERIOUS AND LONG-STANDING AND ARE DIFFICULT TO UNTANGLE, BUT THERE IS NOW A SENSE IN SOME PARTS OF THE INDUSTRY THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO CHANGE. NEW RESEARCH OUT OF THE UK HAS FOUND MORE THAN A FIFTH OF 14-YEAR-OLD GIRLS SAY THEY'VE SELF HARMED. CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST DOUGAL SOUTHERLAND SAYS AROUND A THIRD OF KIWI ADOLESCENTS DO THE SAME, AND IT'S SEEN AS A COPING MECHANISM FOR BOTTLED-UP EMOTIONS. AND IT'S HIGHER FOR GIRLS, HIGHER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE LGBT COMMUNITY AS WELL, SO, YEAH, IT'S A WORLDWIDE THING, REALLY. WESTERN WORLD AT LEAST. PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE HAVE RETURNED FROM THEIR SUMMER BREAK, STEPPING OUT FOR A VERY PUBLIC DATE NIGHT IN LONDON. THEY WENT TO SEE A MUSICAL ON THE WEST END AND NEARLY STOLE THE SPOTLIGHT. CHANNEL NINE'S AMELIA ADAMS HAS MORE. THE BEAMING DUCHESS AND HER DUKE, FRESH FROM HOLIDAYS AND BACK TO WORK, MEETING THE OTHER STARS OF THE SHOW. (INDISTINCT CHATTER) TONIGHT WAS A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE RAISING FUNDS FOR HARRY'S CHARITY, SENTEBALE. MEGHAN ` SMART AND SOPHISTICATED IN A SHORT, BLACK TUXEDO DRESS ` CHATTING WITH CAST MEMBERS BEFORE TAKING THEIR SEATS AS GUESTS OF HONOUR. # FOR THE FIRST TIME, I'M THINKIN' PAST TOMORROW. # HAMILTON ` A HIP-HOP, RAP AND R&B TALE OF THE LIFE OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON, A FOUNDING FATHER OF THE UNITED STATES. IT'S WON PLENTY OF AWARDS, AND TONIGHT IT WON HIGH PRAISE FROM A PRINCE. # YOU SAY... # (LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE) A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO YOURSELVES FOR TAKING PART IN THIS EVENING'S ACTIVITIES, BECAUSE YOU HAVE, TOGETHER, RAISED A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY. AFTER THEIR MONTH OFF ROYAL DUTIES, TONIGHT MARKS THE BEGINNING OF A BUSY FEW MONTHS FOR THE DUKE AND DUCHESS ` A HECTIC SCHEDULE OF GALAS AND EVENTS BEFORE THEIR VISIT TO AUSTRALIA IN OCTOBER. AND WHEREVER THEY GO, THEY HAVE THE SAME IMPACT. I'M SPEECHLESS RIGHT NOW. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY HAS TURNED INTO A DANCING QUEEN ON HER TOUR OF AFRICA, JOINING CHILDREN FOR A BOOGIE FOR A SECOND TIME THIS WEEK. MS MAY WAS VISITING A GIRL GUIDES AND SCOUTS GROUP ON HER VISIT TO KENYA, WHERE THEY SPOKE ABOUT EDUCATING PEOPLE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF REDUCING PLASTIC WASTE. HER TRIP IS AIMED AT STRENGTHENING TIES WITH AFRICA IN PREPARATION FOR POST-BREXIT BRITAIN. A MONTH AFTER THE "TRUMP BABY" FLEW HOVERING OVER LONDON, ANOTHER GIANT BLIMP WILL FLY OVER LONDON THIS WEEKEND ` THIS TIME OF THE CITY'S MAYOR WEARING A YELLOW BIKINI. IT COMES AFTER CRITICISM THAT MAYOR SADIQ KHAN WASN'T DOING ENOUGH TO KEEP LONDONERS SAFE AMID A SHARP RISE IN KNIFE CRIME. IN RESPONSE, THE MAYOR SAID IF PEOPLE WANT TO SPEND THEIR SATURDAY LOOKING AT HIM IN A YELLOW BIKINI, THEY'RE WELCOME TO DO SO, THOUGH, MR KHAN ADDED, HE DIDN'T THINK YELLOW WAS HIS COLOUR. TO SPORT, AND A MONSTER THROW HAS HELPED KIWI SHOT PUTTER TOM WALSH CLAIM THE DIAMOND LEAGUE SERIES TITLE IN ZURICH AND A $75,000 WINNER'S CHEQUE. WALSH CLINCHED THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH HIS SECOND THROW ON THE DAY, WHICH ENDED UP BEING A WORLD BEATER. OH, THAT'S HUGE. THAT'S WELL OVER 22 METRES. HE LIKES THAT ENORMOUSLY DOES TOM WALSH. THE RECORD 22.6M THROW JUST 7CM SHY OF HIS PERSONAL BEST. ARTEM SITAK HAS FOLLOWED FELLOW KIWIS MICHAEL VENUS AND MARCUS DANIEL INTO THE U.S. OPEN MEN'S DOUBLES SECOND ROUND. BUT IT WAS AUSSIE NICK KYRGIOS MAKING HEADLINES TODAY. THE UNPREDICTABLE STAR RECEIVED A PEP TALK FROM THE MATCH UMPIRE, WORRIED HE'D BEGUN TO TANK HIS CLASH AGAINST HIS FRENCH OPPONENT. THE CHAT CLEARY DID THE TRICK ` AN INSPIRED KYRGIOS RALLIED BACK TO WIN IN FOUR SETS. HIS RIVAL, THOUGH, WASN'T IMPRESSED WITH THE OFFICIAL'S ACTIONS. I THINK THIS WAS NOT HIS JOB, AND I DON'T THINK HE'S A COACH. I THINK HE'S AN UMPIRE, AND HE SHOULD STAY ON HIS CHAIR FOR THAT. KYRGIOS, THOUGH, WAS HAVING NONE OF IT. IT'S SO RIDICULOUS. IT'S RIDICULOUS. HE WASN'T COACHING ME AT ALL. I MEAN, LIKE, I DON'T HAVE A COACH. I HAVEN'T HAD A COACH FOR, LIKE, YEARS. OF COURSE, HE WASN'T COACHING ME. LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THE AUSSIE'S NOW SET TO PLAY ROGER FEDERER IN THE THIRD ROUND AFTER HIS VICTORY EARLIER TODAY. AUCKLAND'S UNBEATEN RUN IN THE PROVINCIAL RUGBY COMPETITION HAS CONTINUED WITH A RUTHLESS PERFORMANCE AGAINST WAIKATO. AUCKLAND DOMINATED WAIKATO AT EDEN PARK TO EXTEND THEIR REIGN AT THE TOP OF THE PREMIERSHIP TABLE. JORDAN TRAINOR AND ROBBIE ABEL THE STARS OF THE SHOW, BOTH GRABBING DOUBLES FOR AUCKLAND. A DOUBLE STRIKE BEFORE HALFTIME WOULD BE INVALUABLE FOR AUCKLAND. AND THEY'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS, AND HE'S GOT THE BALL. HE'S GOT A DOUBLE. A SECOND HALF FIGHTBACK NOT ENOUGH FOR WAIKATO, AS THEY WENT DOWN 35-17 TO REMAIN WINLESS AFTER THREE GAMES. KIWI JOSH GEARY HAS MADE A CHARGE UP THE LEADER BOARD AT THE LATEST EUROPEAN TOUR EVENT IN DENMARK. GEARY IS JUST TWO SHOTS BEHIND THE LEADER, ENGLISHMAN JON THOMPSON, AFTER THE FIRST ROUND. AT ONE STAGE THE KIWI SUNK SEVEN BIRDIES IN EIGHT HOLES BEFORE A FEW LATE MISTAKES SAW HIM FINISH AT 6-UNDER. SOUTH SYDNEY HAVE FLEXED THEIR PREMIERSHIP MUSCLE JUST A WEEK OUT FROM THE NRL FINALS. AFTER STARTING ON THE BACK FOOT, THE RABBITOHS SPRUNG TO LIFE, PILING EIGHT TRIES ON THE HAPLESS WEST TIGERS. REYNOLDS AND WALKER, THEY'RE DOING AS THEY PLEASE. SUTTON GOES THROUGH THIS TIME. THE TURNSTILES ARE CLICKING OVER HERE NOW FOR THE TIGERS. THE ONLY CONCERN FOR THE BUNNIES IN THE 51-10 THRASHING WAS A HAMSTRING INJURY TO STAR PROP SAM BURGESS. FORMER AUCKLAND ACES ALL-ROUNDER SAM CURRAN HAS SAVED ENGLAND ON THE OPENING DAY OF THE FOURTH TEST AGAINST INDIA. THE HOSTS' TOP ORDER YET AGAIN FAILED TO FIRE AS THE INDIAN BOWLERS REDUCED ENGLAND TO 86/6. BUT CURRAN, RECALLED TO PLAY ONLY HIS FOURTH TEST, LED A SPIRITED FIGHTBACK. SWEEPS LONG. COULD BE HIS 50. WILL BE HIS 50. LOVELY INNINGS FROM SAM CURRAN. THE 20-YEAR-OLD EVENTUALLY FELL FOR 76 AS THE HOSTS REACHED 249. INDIA'S OPENING BATSMEN CHIMED IN WITH 19 RUNS TO CLOSE OUT PLAY WITHOUT LOSS. KIWI MOUNTAIN BIKER SAM GAZE HAS REVEALED HE RECEIVED DEATH THREATS AFTER HIS CONTROVERSIAL COMMONWEALTH GAMES VICTORY. SPEAKING TO 'NZ MOUNTAIN BIKER MAGAZINE' GAZE SAID THE MESSAGES WERE INSTIGATED AFTER HE PULLED THE FINGER AT KIWI TEAM MATE ANTON COOPER. THE 22-YEAR-OLD SAID IN HINDSIGHT, HE WOULDN'T HAVE ACCUSED COOPER OF POOR SPORTSMANSHIP IN A POST-RACE INTERVIEW. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` A MIXED BAG FOR FRIDAY'S WEATHER, AND THE FORECAST FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING. ALL THE DETAILS AFTER THE BREAK YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES ` NEW ZEALAND IMMIGRATION GRANTS A CONTROVERSIAL WHISTLE-BLOWER PERMISSION TO APPLY FOR A VISA. AND SHOT PUTTER TOM WALSH HAS TAKEN OUT THE DIAMOND LEAGUE SERIES, WITH A RECORD-BREAKING EFFORT IN ZURICH THIS MORNING. THE GROOVY SOUNDS OF LATINAOTEAROA ACCOMPANIES YOUR WEATHER. BEFORE I GO, A SPECIAL MENTION TO ALL THE DADS, POTENTIAL DADS AND DADS WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US. HAPPY FATHERS DAY FOR SUNDAY. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND ANTONY VLUG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.