IT'S MIDDAY. A NEW BALLOT FOR KIWIBUILD HOMES IN AUCKLAND WILL OPEN NEXT WEEK, BUT WHERE ARE THE HOUSES? FONTERRA POSTS ITS FIRST ANNUAL LOSS. IS THERE ANY CAUSE FOR CONCERN FOR FARMERS? AND HOW MUCH WILL CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL SPEND ON A NEW STADIUM, AND WHAT WILL IT MEAN FOR THE REBUILD? CAPTIONS BY STARSHA SAMARASINGHE AND CHELSEA BRADY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 AHI AHI MARIE, GOOD AFTERNOON. THE BALLOT WILL OPEN NEXT WEEK FOR SOME OF THE FIRST KIWIBUILD HOMES. THE GOVERNMENT MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THIS MORNING, AS CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON 25 APARTMENTS IN AUCKLAND. JORDAN OPPERT REPORTS. (WHIRRS, CRASHES) DEMOLISHING THE OLD TO MAKE WAY FOR THE NEW. AS OF TODAY, CONSTRUCTION'S UNDERWAY IN THE CENTRAL AUCKLAND SUBURB OF ONEHUNGA HOUSING MINISTER PHIL TWYFORD DELIVERING ON THE GOVERNMENT'S PROMISE TO HELP KIWIS PRICED OUT OF THE HOUSING MARKET. NOT ONLY REALLY HIGH QUALITY DESIGN IN THIS DEVELOPMENT, BUT THIS IS A WONDERFUL PLACE FOR YOUNG KIWIBUILD HOMEBUYERS TO BE MOVING INTO. THE 25 APARTMENTS WERE ANNOUNCED UNDER THE 'BUYING OFF THE PLAN' INITIATIVE. IT ALLOWS THE GOVERNMENT TO WORK CLOSELY WITH PRIVATE DEVELOPERS TO GET THE BUILDS DONE QUICKER. MORE THAN 95 DEVELOPERS ORIGINALLY TENDERED ` HALF WERE REJECTED ` AND NOW THE GOVERNMENT'S SEEKING MORE. THIS IS PRECISELY THE KIND OF NEW, CONTEMPORARY, URBAN LIVING OPPORTUNITY THAT WE WANT KIWIBUILD TO BE APART OF. THE PRICE TAG STARTING FROM $380,000 FOR A STUDIO APARTMENT TO $600,000 FOR A TWO-BEDROOM. BUT THE OPPOSITION SAYS IT MAKES A MOCKERY OF KIWIBUILD. THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY FAMILY HOMES. CERTAINLY A STUDIO APARTMENT WOULD BE A HOME FOR ONE PERSON AND A CAT AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. SO I THINK WE'VE GOT A DESPERATE MINISTER WHO'S LOOKING AT ANYTHING ` CLUTCHING AT STRAWS ` TO TRY AND SAY HE'S BUILDING SOMETHING. EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE BALLOT OPENED FOR THESE 18 KIWIBUILD HOMES IN SOUTH AUCKLAND. MORE THAN 3000 KIWIS HAVE SIGNALLED THEIR INTEREST, BUT THE ONEHUNGA DEVELOPMENT IS MADE MORE ATTRACTIVE WITH PUBLIC TRANSPORT NEARBY. IT TAKES 22 MINUTES BY TRAIN TO THE BRITOMART ` $3.30, I THINK. THERE'S GOING TO BE LIGHT RAIL STATION HERE. THE BALLOT FOR THE APARTMENTS OPEN NEXT WEEK WITH THE SUCCESSFUL HOMEOWNERS HOPEFULLY MOVING IN AUGUST NEXT YEAR. JORDAN OPPERT, 1 NEWS. FONTERRA HAS ANNOUNCED A LOSS OF ALMOST $200M IN ITS ANNUAL AFTER-TAX RESULTS ` THE FIRST ANNUAL LOSS EXPERIENCED BY THE DAIRY GIANT IN ITS 17 YEARS. LAST YEAR, FONTERRA POSTED A PROFIT OF ALMOST $750M BUT SAW A HALF-YEAR LOSS OF ALMOST $350M IN MARCH. FONTERRA'S INTERIM CHIEF EXECUTIVE MILES HURRELL SAYS THE CO-OPERATIVE'S BUSINESS PERFORMANCE MUST IMPROVE. IT'S NEVER EASY TO GET OUR FORECAST RIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN AN INDUSTRY WITH THE LEVEL OF VOLATILITY THAT WE EXPERIENCE. BUT FORECASTING WASN'T ON THE MARK, AND IT PROVED TO BE SIMPLY TOO OPTIMISTIC. THE FINANCIAL REPORT ALSO REVEALED FORMER FONTERRA CHIEF EXECUTIVE THEO SPIERINGS IS EXPECTED TO GET A PAY-OUT OF $8M FOR THE YEAR. THE CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL'S EXPECTED TO RUBBER STAMP A FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR A NEW STADIUM. $220M HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR A VENUE LARGE ENOUGH TO HOST MAJOR TEST MATCHES AND ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS. THE MONEY'S PART OF A WIDER $300M FUND WHICH WOULD ALSO COVER ROAD AND TRANSPORT PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE RED ZONE. IF APPROVED, CONSTRUCTION ON THE STADIUM IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 2021. THOSE LIVING IN THE CAPITAL COULD FACE WATER SHORTAGES IF USAGE AND POPULATION GROWTH STAYS THE SAME. WATER NEW ZEALAND SAYS THERE'S ALSO A SUBSTANTIAL LEAKAGE IN WELLINGTON, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR AROUND 15% OF THE TOWN'S WATER SUPPLY. THAT'S OFF THE BACK OF A REPORT TO WELLINGTON COUNCIL, WHICH HAS FOUND DEMAND FOR WATER WOULD EXCEED SUPPLY IN 2040. JOHN PFAHLERT SAYS INSTALLING WATER METRES COULD BE THE WAKE-UP CALL RESIDENTS NEED TO CONSERVE. IN FACT, AS WE APPROACH A WORLD WHERE THE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE DRIER, I SUSPECT IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT MOST COMMUNITIES ARE FORCED TO DO. IT JUST MAKES GOOD COMMON SENSE. IT'S NOT ONLY A MEANS OF CONSERVING WATER, IT'S JUST A GOOD WAY TO BEHAVE IN TERMS OF TREATING THE ENVIRONMENT, REALLY. THE AUTHOR OF A BOOK ON DRUG ADDICTION BELIEVES NEW ZEALAND NEEDS TO CHANGE ITS TREATMENT MODEL TO ONE OF SUPPORT, NOT PUNISHMENT. VISITING BRITISH JOURNALIST JOHANN HARI SAYS COUNTRIES LIKE PORTUGAL AND SWITZERLAND HAVE SEEN A REDUCTION IN DRUG ABUSE WITH THEIR APPROACH. WE'VE GOT TO START COPYING THE PLACES THAT HAVE SUCCEEDED, AND THEIR MODELS ARE BASED ON LOVE, COMPASSION, AND, ACTUALLY, BRINGING ORDER TO THE KIND OF CHAOS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN AN ILLEGAL MARKET. MR HARI SAYS THOSE COUNTRIES HAVE DECRIMINALISED DRUGS AND INVESTED IN SUPPORT PROGRAMMES FOR ADDICTS. TO THE US ` WHERE HURRICANE FLORENCE HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A CATEGORY 3 STORM, BUT IS STILL EXPECTED TO CAUSE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ON THE EAST COAST. MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO EVACUATE IN NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA, BEFORE THE STORM MAKES LANDFALL ON FRIDAY MORNING. THE ABC'S TOM LLAMAS HAS THE LATEST. WE ARE UNDER A MANDATORY EVACUATION. TONIGHT THE WARNING IS CLEAR ` GET OUT. THIS IS NOT GONNA BE A GLANCING BLOW. THIS IS GONNA BE A MIKE TYSON PUNCH TO THE CAROLINA COAST. THE LARGEST HOSPITAL IN MYRTLE BEACH RACING TO EVACUATE PATIENTS, MANY OF THEM CRITICALLY ILL, LOADED INTO THIS AMBULANCE BUS. SOME WERE TAKEN AS FAR AS FLORIDA. IT'S NOT SAFE TO TRY TO CARE HERE. WE'RE TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY OUT, AND AS SUCH, WE'RE SHUTTING THE HOSPITAL DOWN. THE REASON? THIS MONSTER STORM. OUR STATION WTPD WITH THE HURRICANE HUNTERS FLYING INTO THE EYE. FLORENCE'S WINGSPAN 500 MILES ACROSS. ASTRONAUTS NEEDING A WIDE-ANGLE LENS TO CAPTURE IT FROM SPACE. ON SATELLITE, THAT EYE WALL SO CLEARLY DEFINED, YOU CAN SEE TOWERING THUNDERSTORMS SWIRLING AROUND THE CLEAR EYE. THE CLOUDS CURVING OUTWARD IN WHAT METEOROLOGISTS CALL THE 'STADIUM EFFECT'. MYRTLE BEACH NOW DIRECTLY IN THE PATH ` AN EVACUATION NOTICE IN PLACE. AND TODAY THE BEACH WAS SHUT DOWN. THE CITY WARNING ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER WOULD BE ARRESTED. THE NEW TRACK OF FLORENCE PROMPTING GEORGIA'S GOVERNOR TO JOIN VIRGINIA AND THE CAROLINAS IN DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY. THE FORECAST TELLS US THAT FLORENCE'S STORM SURGE WILL DROWN MANY HOMES. WITH THE CHANGE IN TRACK, SOME RESIDENTS AREN'T SURE WHAT TO DO. OUTSIDE OF HER ISLAND HOME, JO NOBLE SHOWS US HOW SHE'S SURROUNDED BY WATER. THIS DOES COME UP REALLY, REALLY FAST. INSIDE, SHE SHOWS US AN INFLATABLE BOAT... I WENT OUT AND I BOUGHT MYSELF A BOAT FOR TWO. ...THAT SHE SAYS SHE'S READY TO ESCAPE ON IF NECESSARY. THE 76-YEAR-OLD HAS LIVED THROUGH OTHER STORMS, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT FLORENCE THAT JUST MAKES HER NERVOUS. AND TONIGHT, DECIDING SHE WILL EVACUATE COME MORNING. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ALLOWING SANCTIONS TO BE ENFORCED ON ANY COUNTRY FOUND INTERFERING IN US ELECTIONS, THE ORDER AUTHORISES INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS TO MONITOR AND REPORT ON ATTEMPTS TO MEDDLE IN ELECTIONS AND PROPAGANDA. IT COMES AFTER TRUMP WAS WIDELY CRITICISED FOR HIS RESPONSE TO ALLEGED RUSSIAN MEDDLING DURING THE 2016 ELECTIONS. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS SPOKEN OUT ABOUT THE TWO SUSPECTS IN THE POISONING OF SERGEI AND YULIA SKRIPAL, SAYING THEY'RE NOT CRIMINALS. MR PUTIN DENIES ALL RUSSIAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE CRIME INVOLVING THE NERVE AGENT NOVICHOK AND HOPES THE MEN WILL TELL THEIR STORY SOON. THE BBC'S SARAH RAINSFORD IS IN MOSCOW WITH THIS. THESE ARE THE TWO MEN ACCUSED OF A NERVE AGENT ATTACK ON THE STREETS OF SALISBURY. IT'S A WEEK SINCE BRITISH POLICE RELEASED THESE PICTURES AND NAMED THEIR SUSPECTS AS RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE AGENTS; A WEEK THAT RUSSIA SPENT DENYING ANY OF THIS AS EVIDENCE. NOW VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS ADDRESSED THE CLAIMS DIRECTLY. WITH A HALF SMILE, HE USED THE STAGE AT THIS ECONOMIC FORUM TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE SUSPECTS WERE NOT AGENTS, BUT CIVILIANS. (SPEAKS RUSSIAN) TRANSLATOR: WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE. WE FOUND THEM. I HOPE THEY'LL APPEAR AND EXPLAIN EVERYTHING. THIS WILL BE BEST FOR EVERYONE. THERE IS NOTHING SPECIAL HERE, NOTHING CRIMINAL, I ASSURE YOU. THE SALISBURY POISONING TARGETED SERGEI SKRIPAL ` A FORMER RUSSIAN SPY WHO BETRAYED HIS COUNTRY. BUT HIS DAUGHTER FELL SICK TOO AND A POLICEMAN WHO VISITED THEIR HOME. DAWN STURGESS WAS POISONED AND DIED THREE MONTHS LATER. HER BOYFRIEND HAD FOUND A PERFUME BOTTLE FILLED WITH NOVOCHOK. OFFICIALS HERE HAVE BEEN BUSY MOCKING THE BRITISH CASE AGAINST RUSSIA AS ABSURD, A SOAP OPERA. THEY'VE EVEN CLAIMED THAT CCTV FOOTAGE WAS FAKED. SO IT'S NOT CLEAR WHO MIGHT COME FORWARD NOW. UK POLICE SAY THE SUSPECTS USED ALIASES, SO COULD IT BE MEN WITH THE SAME NAMES OR THE ACTUAL MEN FROM THE MUG SHOTS? OUTRAGE OVER THE POISONING HAS ALREADY BOUGHT DIPLOMATIC EXPULSIONS AND SANCTIONS. AFTER VLADIMIR PUTIN'S SURPRISE COMMENTS ON THE SUSPECTS, ALL EYES ARE ON MOSCOW NOW FOR THE NEXT MOVE. CONSUMERS IN AUSTRALIA ARE BEING URGED TO THROW OUT STRAWBERRIES AFTER NEEDLES WERE FOUND IN THE FRUIT. HEALTH OFFICIALS AND POLICE SAY SEWING NEEDLES WERE HIDDEN IN AT LEAST THREE PUNNETS OF STRAWBERRIES SUPPLIED TO THE SUPERMARKET CHAIN WOOLWORTHS FROM A QUEENSLAND FARM. IT'S BEEN REPORTED A DISGRUNTLED FORMER EMPLOYEE WAS BEHIND THE CONTAMINATION. A NEW VIDEO OF DISGRACED HOLLYWOOD FILM PRODUCER HARVEY WEINSTEIN HAS BEEN RELEASED. IT SHOWS A 2011 MEETING BETWEEN WEINSTEIN AND A BUSINESSWOMAN, WHO CLAIMS HE TOUCHED HER INAPPROPRIATELY. WEINSTEIN IS FACING DOZENS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES INCLUDING RAPE. THE ABC'S LINDSEY DAVIS REPORTS. THIS NEWLY RELEASED VIDEO SHOWS HARVEY WEINSTEIN WITH A YOUNG BUSINESSWOMAN JUST HOURS BEFORE SHE CLAIMS HE RAPED HER. IN MELISSA THOMPSON'S RECORDED PRESENTATION FROM 2011, WE SEE WEINSTEIN HUG THE 28-YEAR-OLD. IT WAS PART OF AS PITCH FOR WEINSTEIN TO USE HER TECH START-UP COMPANY. ONLY PORTIONS OF THE VIDEO AIRED TODAY ON BRITAIN'S SKY-TV. WEINSTEIN ASKS IF HE'S ALLOWED TO FLIRT WITH HER. 'A LITTLE BIT,' SHE ANSWERS, BUT THEN SHE SAYS HE TOUCHES HER UNDER THE TABLE. I WAS TRYING TO SAVE FACE A BIT. AT FIRST I WAS TRYING TO MANAGE THE SITUATION. THERE WAS A COMBINATION OF CONFIDENCE AND NAIVETY. AT THE END OF THE MEETING, WEINSTEIN ASKS HER TO MEET HIM FOR A DRINK AT A HOTEL. SHE SAYS SHE THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA CLOSE THE DEAL, BUT INSTEAD THOMPSON SAYS HE RAPED HER. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` IS DAIRY GOOD FOR THE HEART? THE NEW STUDY THAT SAYS FULL FAT CAN BE BENEFICIAL. AND THE ALL BLACKS WELCOME BACK RYAN CROTTY AND SAM CANE FOR SATURDAY'S TEST WITH THE SPRINGBOKS. WE'LL HAVE THE FULL TEAM AFTER THE BREAK. APPLE HAS ANNOUNCED THREE NEW ADDITIONS TO ITS IPHONE RANGE, BUT AN UPDATED APPLE WATCH HAS STOLEN THE SHOW AT THE COMPANY'S EVENT IN CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING. THE APPLE WATCH CAN DETECT HEART PROBLEMS AND HAS AN ECG SENSOR. IT CAN ALSO DETECT IF THE WEARER HAS TRIPPED, SLIPPED OR FALLEN, AND WILL ALERT EMERGENCY SERVICES IF NO MOTION IS DETECTED AFTERWARDS. WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTING THE HEALTH OF YOUR HEART, PEOPLE ARE USUALLY TOLD TO STEER CLEAR OF FULL FAT DAIRY PRODUCTS. NOW THERE'S RESEARCH TO SUGGEST THEY COULD BE BENEFICIAL. CHANNEL NINE'S GABRIELLA ROGERS HAS MORE. A FEW MONTHS AGO, NICHOLAS SHIELDS (32) WAS TOLD HE HAD HIGH CHOLESTEROL, SO HE'S FINE-TUNING HIS DIET. OATS, FOR EXAMPLE. TRYING TO HAVE THAT EVERY DAY. A NEW STUDY ALSO POINTS TO THE BENEFITS OF CONSUMING DAIRY PRODUCTS. AS A POPULATION, WE'RE NOT GETTING ENOUGH DAIRY, WE'RE NOT GETTING ENOUGH CALCIUM. CONDUCTED OVER NINE YEARS, THE STUDY LOOKED AT THE DAIRY CONSUMPTION HABITS OF MORE THAN 136,000 PEOPLE IN 21 COUNTRIES. PEOPLE WHO CONSUMED THREE SERVINGS OF WHOLE FAT DAIRY A DAY HAD LOWER RATES OF MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND DEATH COMPARED TO THOSE WHO JUST HAD HALF A SERVING. ACCORDING TO THE STUDY, THE PROTECTIVE EFFECTS ARE MOSTLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE CONSUMPTION OF MILK AND YOGHURT, NOT CHEESE AND BUTTER. IT'S UNLIKELY THE FINDINGS WILL INFLUENCE CURRENT HEART HEALTH ADVICE, WHICH RECOMMENDS TWO TO FOUR SERVINGS OF REDUCED-FAT DAIRY OR ALTERNATIVES EACH DAY. THIS STUDY WASN'T SPECIFIC TO PEOPLE WITH CHOLESTEROL, AND I'M SURE WITHIN THE POPULATION, PEOPLE WITH CHOLESTEROL WOULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM HAVING LOW-FAT DAIRY FOOD. THE HEART FOUNDATION SAYS THE 'DASH' DIET, WHICH STANDS FOR... ...HAS THE STRONGEST EVIDENCE FOR HEART DISEASE PREVENTION. OBESITY EXPERTS SAY DAIRY FOODS ARE OFTEN SACRIFICED IN FAD DIETS WHEN THERE ARE LOW-FAT ALTERNATIVES FOR THOSE TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT. WE SHOULDN'T BE TAKING THESE FOODS OUT. THEY ARE NUTRITIOUS. ACCORDING TO NEW REPORTS, CANCER CASES ARE ON THE RISE. THIS YEAR ALONE, THERE WILL BE MORE THAN 18 MILLION NEW CASES OF CANCER AND MORE THAN 9.5 MILLION PEOPLE WILL DIE FROM THE DISEASE. THE NUMBERS ARE UP FROM 14 MILLION CASES AND 8.2 MILLION DEATHS IN 2012. EXPERTS SAY IT'S PARTLY DUE TO A GROWING AND AGING POPULATION. THE US IS CONSIDERING A BAN ON FLAVOURED E-CIGARETTES AFTER CONCERNS THERE'S AN 'EPIDEMIC' OF YOUNG PEOPLE USING THEM. THE PLAN IS PART OF A WIDER EFFORT TO CURB THE USE OF NICOTINE DEVICES FOR TEENAGERS. THE HEAD OF THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION SAYS THE TOUGHENED APPROACH COMES AFTER FIRMS IGNORED PRIOR CONCERNS. A GROUP OF BRITISH POLITICIANS HAVE PRODUCED PROPOSALS ON THE ISSUE OF HOW THE IRISH BORDER WILL BE HANDLED AFTER BRITAIN LEAVES THE EU. THE APPROACH IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO WHAT'S BEEN LAID OUT IN THE GOVERNMENT'S CURRENT PLAN. THE BBC'S LAURA KUENSSBERG REPORTS. FORMER CABINET MINISTERS AND THE FIRST EVER FIRST MINISTER OF NORTHERN IRELAND SAY FORGET THE POLITICAL FUSS ABOUT BREXIT AND THE BORDER. THEY CLAIM THERE'S A SIMPLER WAY THROUGH. I COMMEND IT TO YOU FOR ITS COMMON SENSE, ITS PRACTICALITY, ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN DEALING WITH ALL OF THE SERIOUS ISSUES WHILST, AT THE SAME TIME, DELIVERING ON THE PROMISE TO THE BRITISH PEOPLE TO LEAVE THE SINGLE MARKET, LEAVE THE CUSTOMS UNION AND, THEREFORE, LEAVE THE EUROPEAN UNION. THAT PLEA'S DESIGN TO GET THE PRIME MINISTER TO DITCH HER BREXIT PLANS ALTOGETHER. UNDER WHAT THEY CALL 'COMMON SENSE', CUSTOMS CHECKS COULD BE CARRIED OUT MILES AWAY FORM THE ACTUAL BORDER. THOSE CHECKS COULD BE MINIMISED BY BETTER TECHNOLOGY AND HAVING SIMILAR RULES TO THE EU IN SOME AREAS. THOSE GATHERED HERE RECKON SHE MIGHT HAVE TO LISTEN, BECAUSE THERE ARE ENOUGH OF THEM TO DEFEAT HER IN THE COMMONS. AND PRESSURE FOR THIS BORDER PLAN COMES FROM ONE SIDE OF NORTHERN IRELAND TOO, AND THEIR LEADER IN WESTMINSTER TODAY BACKED THE BREXITEERS' IDEA. SO IT IS WRONG TO SAY THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY PARTICULAR OUTCOME BECAUSE OF THE IRISH BORDER PROBLEM. BUT WHILE SHE'S UNDER ATTACK RIGHT NOW FOR CHOOSING A PATH THAT WOULD KEEP US TUCKED ALONGSIDE THE EU, THERESA MAY IS NOT BUDGING. WE'LL BE AN INDEPENDENT SOVEREIGN STATE. WE WILL HAVE CONTROL OF OUR MONEY, OUR BORDERS AND OUR LAWS. AND LABOUR SAYS TORY DIVISION PUTS IRELAND'S STABILITY AT RISK. IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, A REMINDER FROM EUROPE THERE'S LITTLE CHANCE THE GOVERNMENT'S OVERALL PROPOSALS WILL BE ACCEPTED AS THEY ARE. ...THAT SOMEONE WHO LEAVES THE UNION CANNOT BE IN THE SAME PRIVILEGED POSITION AS A MEMBER STATE. IF YOU LEAVE THE UNION, YOU ARE, OF COURSE, NO LONGER PART OF OUR SINGLE MARKET, AND CERTAINLY NOT ONLY IN PARTS OF IT. BUT IN NUMBER 10, THERE'S ONE BIG PLAN ` KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON. TO SPORT ` AND THE SILVER FERNS HAVE JUST NAMED THEIR NEW CAPTAIN TO TAKE THEM INTO THE QUAD SERIES THIS WEEKEND. 1 NEWS SPORTS REPORTER MICHELLE PRENDIVILLE CAN REVEAL WHO IT IS. MICHELLE. IT DOES NOT COME AS A HUGE SURPRISE BUT LAURA LANGMAN HAS BEEN NAMED AS THE NEW SILVER FERNS CAPTAIN. SHE IS RETURNING TO THE GAME AFTER TWO YEARS AWAY. IT DOES MEAN THAT KATRINA GRANT TAKES A DEMOTION. SHE TAKES A STEP BACK INTO THE VICE CAPTAINCY ROLE. WE DO NEED TO REMEMBER THAT THIS DECISION WAS BASED ON PLAYER VOTE. THE NEW COACH SAID THAT THE PLAYERS COULD VOTE ON WHO THEY WANTED AND AS A RESULT, LAURA LANGMAN CAME OUT ON TOP. OH, IT'S BEEN A BIT OF A WHIRLWIND, TO BE HONEST. BUT, YEAH, REALLY HUMBLING, PROBABLY, TO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH THE TEAM AND HAVE COME OUT THE OTHER SIDE. SO, YEAH, JUST REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING STARTED, BUT VERY HUMBLING. LANGMAN'S FIRST TASK IS TO LEAD THIS WITHIN IS OUT THIS WEEKEND WHEN THEY TAKE ON THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES DEFENDING CHAMPIONS THE ENGLISH. THEY HAVE TO PROVE THEY ARE STILL A WINNING SIDE. RYAN CROTTY AND SAM CANE WILL RETURN TO THE ALL BLACKS LINE-UP FOR SATURDAY'S TEST AGAINST THE SPRINGBOKS IN WELLINGTON. THE TWO KEY PLAYERS HAVE BEEN CLEARED OF CONCUSSION AND WILL START ALONGSIDE RETURNING WINGER RIEKO IOANE. ELSEWHERE, FULLBACK JORDIE BARRETT JOINS BROTHERS BEAUDEN AND SCOTT. TO THE BENCH, AND SONNY BILL WILLIAMS HAS BEEN A LATE WITHDRAWAL DUE TO ILLNESS. HE'S REPLACED BY JACK GOODHUE. THE BOKS HAVE JUST LOST TWO IN A ROW AT THE END OF THE DAY, WAS WHETHER WE PUT HIM ON THE RESERVE BENCH OR TAKE THE RISK AND PLAY 20. EMBATTLED SPRINGBOKS COACH RASSIE ERASMUS HAS BEEN BACKED BY SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY OFFICIALS. UNION PRESIDENT MARK ALEXANDER ENDORSED ERASMUS TO TAKE THE SIDE INTO NEXT YEAR'S WORLD CUP. ALEXANDER BELIEVES THE COACH NEEDS MORE TIME AT THE HELM AND SHOULD BE JUDGED ON RECENT RESULTS. HE ALSO TOLD FANS TO PREPARE FOR THE WORST IN WELLINGTON, WHERE THE BOKS HAVE NEVER WON. AND AN ALL BLACK WHO STARTED HIS LEGACY AGAINST THE SPRINGBOKS, SIR BRYAN WILLIAMS, HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO WORLD RUGBY'S HALL OF FAME. THE WINGER, WHO MADE HIS DEBUT IN SOUTH AFRICA IN 1970, SCORED 66 TRIES IN 113 APPEARANCES, OF WHICH 38 WERE TESTS. WILLIAMS WAS HONOURED ALONG WITH FOUR OTHER FORMER PLAYERS AND IS THE 22ND KIWI TO BE INDUCTED BY WORLD RUGBY. CANTERBURY HAVE SECURED THEIR FOURTH WIN OF THE PROVINCIAL SEASON WITH A 31-21 VICTORY OVER NORTH HARBOUR. THE RED AND BLACKS DOMINATED PROCEEDINGS ON AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE, DESPITE HARBOUR'S BEST EFFORTS. WHAT WAS HE DOING THERE? JAMES PARSONS ON THE LOOSE! MATT DUFFIE! OH YES, JIMMY P! CELEBRATE THAT! CANTERBURY TOO STRONG, THOUGH, AND NOW MOVE TO THE TOP OF THE PREMIERSHIP WITH THEIR NEXT MATCH AGAINST AUCKLAND ON SUNDAY. WE GOT A GOOD START AND WE TALKED ABOUT MOVING FORWARD THIS WEEK AND THAT IS WHAT WE DID IT AGAIN. WE GOT A YELLOW AT THE END THERE, BUT OUR BOYS MANAGED TO FIGHT THROUGH THAT. THE KIWIS WILL BE SWEATING ON THE FITNESS OF ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK WITH THE FULLBACK TO UNDERGO SURGERY TOMORROW. THE WARRIORS SKIPPER INJURED HIS KNEE DURING THEIR PLAY-OFFS DEFEAT TO THE PANTHERS ON SATURDAY. NO RECOVERY TIME HAS BEEN GIVEN, BUT TUIVASA-SHECK IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO MISS NEXT MONTH'S TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA. AND FINALLY, IT SEEMS SCIENTISTS HAVE FINALLY DISCOVERED A WAY TO SLOW DOWN USAIN BOLT ` BY PUTTING HIM IN A MICROGRAVITY PLANE. THE WORLD'S FASTEST MAN WAS RENDERED WEIGHTLESS IN A ZERO-G AIRCRAFT THROUGH JUMPS IN THE SKY CALLED PARABOLAS. THE OLYMPIC CHAMPION SPRINTER WAS PROMOTING A CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE, WHICH DESIGNERS SAY WILL ALLOW ASTRONAUTS TO DRINK IN ORBIT. 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. FONTERRA HAS ANNOUNCED A LOSS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 17 YEARS OF ALMOST $200M IN ITS ANNUAL AFTER-TAX RESULTS. AND IN SPORT, THE SILVER FERNS HAVE JUST ANNOUNCED LAURA LANGMAN AS THEIR NEW CAPTAIN. O TE WIKI O TE REO MAORI. SO A MAORI LULLABY, 'HINE E HINE', PLAYS OUT YOUR WEATHER. ('HINE E HINE') ('HINE E HINE') FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THANKS FOR JOINING US. E NOHO RA. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY STARSHA SAMARASINGHE AND CHELSEA BRADY.