TONIGHT ` OUR BIGGEST COMPANY MAKES ITS BIGGEST EVER LOSS, SO WHAT WENT SO WRONG FOR DAIRY GIANT FONTERRA? A STADIUM WINS OUT OVER SOCIAL HOUSING. THE CONTROVERSIAL $220M DECISION. DISGRACED HOLLYWOOD MOVIE MOGUL HARVEY WEINSTEIN IS CAUGHT ON CAMERA MAKING MOVES IN A BUSINESS MEETING. THE DISTURBING FOOTAGE. CAPTIONS BY ANTONY VLUG AND ELIZABETH WELSH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. THERE'VE BEEN BIG SALARIES FOR SOME, WITH TWO DOZEN PEOPLE EARNING AT LEAST A MILLION DOLLARS AT THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST COMPANY, FONTERRA. BUT IT'S NOW FACING AN HISTORIC LOSS. FONTERRA TODAY REVEALED A NEARLY $200M HUNDRED ANNUAL LOSS. THE FIRST IN THE DAIRY GIANT'S 17-YEAR HISTORY. AND THIS COMPARES WITH A $745M PROFIT LAST YEAR. FONTERRA TURNED OVER MORE THAN $20B, SO WHAT'S GONE SO BADLY WRONG FOR THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST EXPORTER? HERE'S PAUL HOBBS WITH DETAILS AND REACTION. FOR YEARS THIS WHITE GOLD HAS KEPT FONTERRA FLUSH, BUT NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE DAIRY GIANT'S GONE DEEP INTO THE RED. I'M GONNA GET STRAIGHT TO THE POINT. THIS IS A DISAPPOINTING SET OF RESULTS FOR US. EXECUTIVES SAYING THEY SIMPLY HAVEN'T DELIVERED. THROUGHOUT OUR BUSINESS, WE UNDERPERFORMED. WE'VE HAD A HISTORY OF FONTERRA OVERPROMISING AND UNDER-DELIVERING OVER THE LAST 17 YEARS. FONTERRA'S BLAMING THE RESULT ON SOME BAD BUSINESS DECISIONS AND A SERIES OF ONE-OFFS. OUR FORECASTS WERE TOO OPTIMISTIC. COSTS BLEW OUT IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR, AND THEN THERE WAS THE MASSIVE $400M WRITE-DOWN IN THE VALUE OF BEINGMATE, THE CHINESE MILK FORMULA COMPANY IT BOUGHT INTO THREE YEARS AGO, AND THE BOTULISM SCARE, LEADING TO A $230M DAMAGES PAYMENT TO FRENCH COMPANY DANONE. THERE'S REALLY NO HIGHLIGHTS. I MEAN, THEIR OPERATING EARNINGS ARE LOWER. THEIR DEBT LEVELS ARE HIGHER. IRONICALLY, FARMERS ARE ENJOYING SOME OF THE HIGHEST MILK PAY-OUTS THIS DECADE, BUT FONTERRA'S SLUMP HAS THEM WORRIED. IF THEY DON'T MAKE CHANGES, COMPETITORS SNAPPING AT THEIR HEELS, THEY'LL END UP WITH EMPTY MILK FACTORIES, AND EMPTY MILK FACTORIES CAN QUICKLY BECOME A TERMINAL SITUATION. FONTERRA'S PROMISING A WHOLESALE REVIEW OF ALL ITS ASSETS AND INVESTMENTS. IT'S A BIG DEAL. THIS IS NEW ZEALAND'S BIGGEST COMPANY, AND FROM TODAY, WHAT WE ALMOST SEE IS A MEA CULPA. THEY HAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INVESTED IN CHINA AT THE MOMENT. THEY'RE GETTING NO RETURN BACK FROM IT. REMEMBER THE RECORD $8M PAYDAY FOR ITS LAST CHIEF EXECUTIVE? WELL, FONTERRA'S RULING THAT OUT FOR ITS NEW INTERIM BOSS, BUT WON'T SAY HOW MUCH. WHAT I WILL SAY ` IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN WHAT HAS BEEN PAID PREVIOUSLY. THE COMPANY SAYS IT KNOWS IT'LL BE TOUGH TO WIN BACK FARMERS' CONFIDENCE. I THINK MOST ARE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO TOUGH IT OUT AND HOPE LIKE HELL THAT FONTERRA CAN TURN THINGS AROUND. THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST COMPANY NOW FACING ITS BIGGEST CHALLENGE. PAUL HOBBS, 1 NEWS. HURRICANE FLORENCE IS FORECAST TO UNLEASH ON THE WEST COAST OF AMERICA WITHIN HOURS. THE STORM HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A CATEGORY TWO, BUT AUTHORITIES ARE WARNING IT COULD STILL BRING CATASTROPHIC CONDITIONS. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A GLANCING BLOW. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A TROPICAL STORM. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE ONE OF THE THOSE STORMS THAT HIT AND MOVE OUT TO SEA. THIS IS GOING TO BE A MIKE TYSON PUNCH TO THE CAROLINA COAST. ALMOST TWO MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. A MAN'S APPEARED IN MANUKAU DISTRICT COURT AFTER ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO FIRE TWICE AT TWO POLICE OFFICERS WITH A GUN THAT DIDN'T DISCHARGE BECAUSE THE SAFETY CATCH WAS ON. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THIS STREET IN THE SUBURB OF OTAHUHU, WHERE THE OFFICERS EVENTUALLY TASERED AND SUBDUED THE OFFENDER. POLICE SAY IT'S ALARMING. THEY WILL BE FEELING THE EFFECTS OF HOW CLOSE THE CALL WAS LAST NIGHT. I ABSOLUTELY COMMEND THEM FOR THE WAY THEY UNDERTOOK THEIR DUTIES LAST NIGHT. THEY WERE SO BRAVE, SO COURAGEOUS AND SO EFFECTIVE. BOTH OFFICERS ARE NOW ON LEAVE. SOCIAL HOUSING ADVOCATES WANTED HOMES, BUT TONIGHT CHRISTCHURCH IS A STEP CLOSER TO A NEW COVERED STADIUM. COUNCILLORS TODAY DECIDED TO SPEND MOST OF A $300M REGENERATION FUND ON BUILDING A NEW EVENTS VENUE. LISA DAVIES REPORTS. AS ANTI-STADIUM PROTESTORS MAINTAINED A QUIET PRESENCE, PLACARDS HELD HIGH, THE CITY'S LEADERS PLEADED FOR ACTION. PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WHETHER WE CAN AFFORD THE STADIUM ` WE CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO BUILD THE STADIUM. THIS DEPUTATION FROM HOTEL AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRIES SAYING WITHOUT THE HOPE OF A STADIUM, BUSINESSES WILL FOLD. I'M VERY EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT, BECAUSE THIS IS A DO-OR-DIE THING TODAY HAPPENING FOR THE COUNCIL. IT TOOK ALL MORNING TO REACH A DECISION. THOSE IN FAVOUR, SAY AYE. ALL: AYE. THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NO. ALL: NO. THAT'S CARRIED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE MAJORITY AGREEING TO USE $220M OF THE $300M GOVERNMENT FUND TO HELP BUILD A COVERED 30,000-SEAT MULTI-USE ARENA. IT'LL KEEP SPORTS FANS OUT OF THE ELEMENTS, AND IT'S HOPED IT'LL ALSO ATTRACT BIG MUSIC EVENTS BACK TO THE CITY. THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THAT VIBRANT CENTRAL CITY, WHICH WILL SUPPORT THOSE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE ACTUALLY LED THE REGENERATION OF OUR CENTRAL CITY, SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. IT CAN'T BE OVERSTATED ENOUGH. BUT THOSE LOBBYING FOR THE MONEY TO BE USED ON SOCIAL HOUSING FEEL LET DOWN. DISAPPOINTED. I THINK THERE ARE MANY, MANY THINGS THAT NEED ADDRESSING IN THIS CITY LONG BEFORE THE STADIUM. BUT IT WILL STILL BE QUITE SOME TIME BEFORE THIS RUIN IS REPLACED WITH A MULTI-USE ARENA. NOW THE COUNCIL'S VOTED TO PROCEED, THEY HAVE TO GIVE A BUSINESS PLAN TO THE GOVERNMENT BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH THE FUNDS. IF I'D KNOWN HOW LONG THE ANCHOR PROJECTS WERE GONNA TAKE, I WOULDN'T HAVE INVESTED IN CHRISTCHURCH, END OF STORY. BUT, YOU KNOW, I HAD ` I WAS SOLD THE DREAM. BUT WITH CONSTRUCTION HOPED TO GET UNDERWAY IN 2021, THE DREAM IS STILL A LONG WAY OFF. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION HAVE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION AND WILL SPEAK TO THE OWNER OF A DOG WHICH ATTACKED A SEAL ON A CANTERBURY BEACH. THIS VIDEO SHOWS THE ATTACK, WHICH LASTED FOR MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES AT PINES BEACH NEAR CHRISTCHURCH BEFORE THE SEAL ESCAPED TO SEA. DOC SAYS IT'S BECOMING TOO COMMON, WITH THREE SEALS KILLED BY DOGS ON CANTERBURY BEACHES IN THE LAST YEAR. THE NUMBER OF CALLS WE GET WOULD INDICATE THAT THE MESSAGE ISN'T GETTING THROUGH, THAT PEOPLE DO NEED TO HAVE THEIR DOGS UNDER EFFECTIVE CONTROL. SO YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO CALL YOU DOG TO HEEL. AND IF IT DOESN'T COME WHEN YOU CALL IT, KEEP IT ON A LEAD. IT'S NOT KNOWN IF THE SEAL WAS INJURED. THE LATEST KIWIBUILD INITIATIVE IS OUT OF THE BLOCKS WITH APARTMENTS PRICED UP TO $600,000 AVAILABLE OFF THE PLANS. THE GOVERNMENT'S BROUGHT DEVELOPERS ON BOARD TO HELP BUILD THOSE QUICKLY. KATIE BRADFORD HAS THE DETAILS. IT'S OUT WITH THE VILLA... (CRASH!) ...AND IN WITH APARTMENT LIVING. BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, THERE'LL BE 25 STUDIO, ONE- AND TWO- BEDROOM APARTMENTS ON THIS AUCKLAND SITE AVAILABLE FOR KIWIBUILD BUYERS. THIS IS THE PRECISELY THE KIND OF NEW, CONTEMPORARY, URBAN LIVING OPPORTUNITY THAT WE WANT KIWIBUILD TO BE PART OF. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE BUILDING, WITH KIWIBUILD, FAMILY HOMES. AND A STUDIO APARTMENT IS NOT A FAMILY HOME, UNLESS YOUR AN ENTIRE FAMILY IS A CAT. THE GOVERNMENT IS WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS FOR THE BUY-OFF-THE-PLAN SCHEME. THE KIWIBUILD AGENCY AGREES TO BUY A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PROPERTIES IN A DEVELOPMENT TO THEN SELL ON TO FIRST HOME BUYERS FOR FIXED PRICES. WE ARE BRINGING TO MARKET MANY, MANY DEVELOPMENTS THAT OTHERWISE WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING OR WOULD TAKE MUCH LONGER. THERE'S NO TAXPAYER SUBSIDY GIVEN TO DEVELOPERS ` THEY SAY WORKING WITH THE GOVERNMENT OFFERS SECURITY AND OTHER BENEFITS. YOU CAN START FASTER AND GET UNDERWAY WITH REDUCED COSTS. BUT THERE ARE CONCERNS A RUSHED JOB MEANS REDUCED QUALITY. THOSE DEVELOPERS WILL MOST LIKELY, IN MANY CASES, WIND UP THEIR COMPANIES AFTER THE PROJECT'S BEEN FINISHED AND LEAVE THE KIWIBUILD OR THE GOVERNMENT IN CHARGE OF PICKING UP ANY COSTS. THERE'S NO GOVERNMENT GUARANTEE ON KIWIBUILD HOMES. BUT THE KIWIBUILD AGENCY SAYS OF THE 95 DEVELOPERS WHO APPLIED TO BE PART OF THIS OFF-THE-PLAN SCHEME, OVER HALF WERE REJECTED. AND SOME OF THOSE WERE BECAUSE OF QUALITY CONCERNS. SPECIAL KIWIBUILD STANDARDS ARE BEING DEVELOPED. WE WANNA WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE A TRACK RECORD, WHO ARE BUILDING QUALITY HOMES FOR OUR PURCHASERS. PHIL TWYFORD IS PROMISING 1000 KIWIBUILD HOMES BY NEXT JULY. MANY OF THOSE ARE LIKELY TO BE APARTMENTS. THE BALLOT FOR THE APARTMENTS ON THIS SITE OPENS NEXT WEEK. KATIE BRADFORD, 1 NEWS. FOR THE FIRST TIME, VIDEO HAS EMERGED OF DISGRACED MOVIE HEAVYWEIGHT HARVEY WEINSTEIN ALLEGEDLY CAUGHT IN THE ACT. A WOMAN HAS RELEASED FOOTAGE OF HER BUSINESS MEETING WITH THE PRODUCER, WHICH SHOWS HIM TOUCHING HER AND MAKING SEXUAL COMMENTS, WITH MORE HERE'S CHANNEL NINE'S SOPHIE WALSH. WAVING AS SHE SETS UP A DEMO VIDEO, MELISSA THOMPSON IS READY TO PITCH HER TECH START-UP AT THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY OFFICES IN NEW YORK. SHE THINKS SHE'S MEETING A MARKETING TEAM, INSTEAD HARVEY WEINSTEIN WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR, WHO IN SEPTEMBER 2011 WAS THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN HOLLYWOOD. HE BYPASSES A HANDSHAKE. WATCHING THE FOOTAGE BACK, MS THOMPSON SAYS IT'S CLEAR WATCHING THE FOOTAGE BACK, MS THOMPSON SAYS IT'S CLEAR HE WAS TESTING THE BOUNDARIES WITH EACH INTERACTION, SEEING HOW FAR HE COULD GO. COMFORTABLE, THEN UNCOMFORTABLE. RECOGNISING THAT HE'S POWERFUL, AND I'M NOT. AND THAT I NEED THIS DEAL FROM HIM. ONCE WEINSTEIN AGREES TO THE PITCH, SHE SAYS HE PUTS HIS HANDS UP HER DRESS. AT SOME POINT, HIS WHOLE AFFECT CHANGED, AND... AT SOME POINT, HIS WHOLE AFFECT CHANGED, AND... AND HE LOOKED LIKE A PREDATOR. HIS EYES BECAME DARK. MS THOMPSON AGREED TO MEET MR WEINSTEIN AT A HOTEL LOBBY LATER THAT AFTERNOON, WHICH SHE THOUGHT WOULD BE A SAFER PLACE TO SIGN OFF ON THE DEAL. HE LED HER TO HIS ROOM, WHERE SHE CLAIMS HE RAPED HER. THE RECORDING IS PART OF A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST MR WEINSTEIN. HIS LAWYER DENIES ANY WRONGDOING. MS THOMPSON ACKNOWLEDGES THAT SOME OF HER BEHAVIOUR COULD APPEAR FLIRTY. THERE WAS A COMBINATION OF CONFIDENCE AND NAIVETY. I WORKED ON WALL STREET BEFORE I WENT TO BUSINESS SCHOOL, AND I WORKED IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT WAS HEAVILY MALE DOMINATED. I THOUGHT I COULD HANDLE IT. I HAD NEVER MET ANYONE THAT... I COULDN'T HANDLE UNTIL HARVEY WEINSTEIN. THAT SENTIMENT NO DOUBT ECHOED BY THE DOZENS OF OTHER WOMEN WHO HAVE ACCUSED HIM OF ASSAULT. WE DON'T HAVE TO LIVE WITH BEING RAPED WHEN WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO A BUSINESS MEETING. HUNDREDS OF GOVERNMENT STAFF STOPPED WORK TODAY. BUT NO, IT WASN'T FOR A STRIKE. INSTEAD, FOR A FEW MINUTES AT LEAST, EVERYONE WAS SINGING FROM THE SAME SONG SHEET. AS MICHAEL CROPP EXPLAINS. (GUITAR MUSIC PLAYS) IT MIGHT NOT BE QUITE WHAT YOU'D EXPECT AT MBIE. TAHI, RUA, TORU, WHA. ALL SING: # TU TIRA MAI NGA IWI # STAFF LINING THE BALCONIES OF THE EIGHT-LEVEL BUILDING TO SING A WAIATA. KEEP SINGING! FITTINGLY, A SONG ABOUT COMING TOGETHER. IT'S THE HIGH POINT OF THE BUSINESS MINISTRY'S TE WIKI O TE REO MAORI EVENTS, WHICH INCLUDED HELPING PEOPLE LEARN THEIR MIHI, CELEBRATING A TAONGA ` A TREASURE ` UNIQUE TO AOTEAROA. IT'S ABOUT ACTUALLY ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO MAKE THE EFFORT, BECAUSE THOSE ARE SOME OF THE KEY STEPS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO NURTURE AND GROW. THAT ENTHUSIASM RUBBING OFF ON SOME STAFF. IT MADE ME PROUD TO SEE PEOPLE EMBRACING THE INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE OF NZ. YOU KNOW, TOO MANY THINGS GET LOST WHEN A LANGUAGE IS LOST ` YOUR IDENTITY, YOUR CULTURE. IT MAKES IT EASY TO GET INVOLVED AND LEARN NEW THINGS, LIKE ORDERING YOUR COFFEE IN MAORI. THE LONG-TERM GOAL IS TO BUILD AWARENESS OF THE MAORI CULTURE AND LANGUAGE, SO THAT... ...WE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE AND PARTNER WITH MAORI. WE ARE NOT THE AFTERTHOUGHT OF THE AFTERTHOUGHT. WHERE NZ POLICIES WORK FOR MAORI, AND NOT JUST FOR MAORI, BUT FOR PASIFIKA AS WELL. ALL SING: # TATOU, TATOU E # HOPING WE CAN SING IN UNISON ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY. MICHAEL CROPP, 1 NEWS. COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK ` MAKING A STAND. THE AUSTRALIAN 9-YEAR-OLD WHO REFUSED TO STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. WHY IT'S CAUSING SUCH AN OUTCRY. IN THE WORDS OF MR BURNS, EXCELLENT. A NEW PLAY DEBUTS IN AUCKLAND. WHAT DOES THE SIMPSONS TV SHOW HAVE TO DO WITH IT? A BRISBANE SCHOOLGIRL'S SPARKED A FIERY DEBATE IN AUSTRALIA OVER THE COUNTRY'S NATIONAL ANTHEM. HARPER NIELSEN SAYS IT'S UNFAIR TO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND IS REFUSING TO STAND UP FOR THE ANTHEM AT SCHOOL. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT KIMBERLEE DOWNS REPORTS. PLEASE STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. RINGING OUT ACROSS AUSTRALIA FROM SPORTING STADIUMS,... # ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR. # ...TO SCHOOLS, AND IT'S IN THE CLASSROOM WHERE ONE 9-YEAR-OLD MADE A LONE PROTEST OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. WHEN IT SAYS ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR, IT MEANS ADVANCE THE WHITE PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT IT MEANT WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN. AND WHEN IT SAYS WE ARE YOUNG, IT COMPLETELY DISREGARDS THE INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS WHO WERE HERE BEFORE US. HARPER NIELSEN REFUSED TO STAND FOR THE ANTHEM. SHE CALLS IT 'INSTITUTIONALISED RACISM'. HER BRISBANE SCHOOL CALLED THAT BLATANT DISRESPECT AND GAVE HER DETENTION. SHE'S A VERY BRAVE YOUNG PERSON WHO'S REALLY SHOWING WHAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE BY TAKING A STAND. AMIDST THE NATIONAL ATTENTION HAS COME POLITICAL BACKLASH. I THINK SHE IS A BRAT. HERE WE HAVE A KID WHO'S BEEN BRAINWASHED. AND I TELL YOU WHAT ` I'D GIVE HER A KICK UP THE BACKSIDE. ANOTHER LAWMAKER ACCUSED HARPER'S PARENTS OF USING HER AS A POLITICAL PAWN, BUT THEY SAY WHILE THEY HAD DISCUSSED IT AS A FAMILY, IT WAS THEIR DAUGHTER'S CALL, AND SHE'S THE DRIVING FORCE. THE PARENTS HAVE DECIDED TO PUSH THEIR OWN OPINIONS ON TO THEIR 9-YEAR-OLD. YEAH, I SUPPORT IT. YEAH, WE NEED TO RESPECT EVERYONE'S OPINION. THE DEBATE FOLLOWS ONGOING CONTROVERSY IN AMERICA OVER NFL ATHLETES KNEELING TO PROTEST POLICE BRUTALITY. HARPER DOESN'T INTEND TO STOP HER PROTEST, REGARDLESS OF THE ATTENTION SHE'S GETTING. I FEEL A BIT ANXIOUS, BUT ALSO EXCITED, BECAUSE, LIKE, PEOPLE ARE GONNA START TO... UNDERSTAND WHY I'M DOING IT. THE SCHOOL SAYS THEY'VE OFFERED HARPER ALTERNATIVES, BUT SHE SIMPLY WANTS TO SIT AND STAY SILENT IN SCHOOL. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, 1 NEWS, SYDNEY. APPLE HAS REVEALED NOT ONE, NOT TWO, BUT THREE NEW IPHONES AS ITS TRIES TO COMBAT SLOWING SALES. AT ITS ANNUAL EVENT, THE TECH GIANT SHOWED OFF THE LATEST ADDITIONS TO THE IPHONE TEN RANGE, INCLUDING A CHEAPER 'R' MODEL... AN IMPROVED TEN 'S' AND A LARGER IPHONE 10 'S' MAX. THE 'TEN S MAX' IS THE BIGGEST AND MOST EXPENSIVE MODEL YET. YOU'LL PAY UP TO $2799 NZ FOR. BEST LINE UP WE HAVE HAD BY FAR. TAKING THE BREAKTHROUGHS OF IPHONE TEN EVEN FURTHER THAN BEFORE, AND MAKING THEM AVAILABLE TO EVEN MORE PEOPLE. APPLE ALSO LAUNCHED THE NEW 'SERIES 4' WATCH THAT CAN DETECT IF A USER HAS AN IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT. WAIKATO'S COMPLETED THEIR FIRST SUCCESSFUL DEFENCE OF THE RANFURLY SHIELD AFTER A STUNNING SECOND HALF PERFORMANCE AGAINST HAWKE'S BAY IN HAMILTON TONIGHT. THEIR FINAL TRY CAME AFTER THREE OFFLOADS. SETTING UP RESERVE RANIERA TAKARANGI TO DIVE OVER THE LINE AND PUSH THE LEAD TO 42`15. OFFLOADS! TAKARANGI! (WHISTLE BLOWS) KAI PAI! THE FINAL SCORE WAS 42-22. WAIKATO'S NEXT DEFENCE WILL BE AGAINST SOUTHLAND IN TWO WEEKS. WHETHER YOU'RE A FAN OF THE SIMPSONS OR NOT, IT'S A TV SHOW EVERYONE'S HEARD OF. AND IT'S HELPED INSPIRE A PLAY CALLED 'MR BURNS', WHICH DEBUTED IN AUCKLAND TONIGHT. SOME WELL-KNOWN NAMES AND SOME RISING STARS FEATURE IN THE PRODUCTION, AS LAURA TWYMAN REPORTS. # THE THOMPSONS. IT MAY SOUND AND LOOK FAMILIAR... AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT IS. # THE THOMPSONS. THIS FAMOUS SIMPSONS EPISODE CALLED 'CAPE FEARE', IN WHICH SIDESHOW BOB TRIES TO KILL BART, IS WHAT THE STAGE SHOW MR BURNS IS BASED AROUND. SOME WELL KNOWN KIWI FACES ARE IN THE CAST, INCLUDING 'THE BREAKER UPPERERS' ANA SCOTNEY. DO NOT TALK TO ME, WHITE GIRL. AND JOEL TOBECK, WHO HASN'T DONE ANY THEATRE WORK FOR 15 YEARS. INSTEAD SPENDING HIS RECENT CAREER RACKING UP SCREEN CREDITS FROM THE LIKES OF AMERICAN DRAMA SONS OF ANARCHY AND OUR VERY OWN SHORTLAND STREET. I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS AT FIRST BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN SO LONG SINCE I WAS ON THE STAGE. BUT I DECIDED TO RUN WITH IT. IS IT JUST FOR SIMPSON'S FANS? NOT AT ALL. NO, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE SIMPSONS! THE STORY STARTS WITH AN UNTOLD APOCALYPTIC EVENT. TO BLOCK OUT THE HORROR OF WHAT THEIR REALITY IS THEY'RE RECALLING A SIMPSONS EPISODE. AND FROM THERE, IN THREE ACTS SPANNING 80 YEARS IN TIME, THE PLAY IS ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF STORYTELLING. EVEN SOMETHING AS, KIND OF, BANAL AS THE SIMPSONS CAN GROW INTO AN EPIC TALE. WHAT BINDS US TOGETHER ARE STORIES, LEGEND, MYTHS, AND THE BEGINNING OF THEM AND HOW THEY CAN SHIFT AND CHANGE OVER TIME. AND THIS IS AS CLOSE AS I'M EVER GOING TO GET TO BEING A PART OF THE SHOW. WHICH IS BEING BROUGHT TO NEW ZEALAND FOR THE FIRST EVER TIME, IT'S PREVIOUSLY BEEN A HIT IN LONDON, NEW YORK AND SYDNEY. IT'S JUST REALLY AMAZING PLAY, AND WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE THE MANA BESTOWED UPON US AND SILO THEATRE COMPANY TO HOLD THE PREMIERE HERE IN AOTEAROA. MR BURNS WILL BE PERFORMED IN AUCKLAND UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH. LAURA TWYMAN, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` YOUR WEATHER FOR TOMORROW. PLUS ` FROM FAMOUS SISTERS TO PREGNANT MODELS. RHI-RHI SHOWED AT NEW YORK FASHION WEEK AND EVERYONE LOVES IT. OUR VERY OWN PARRIS GOEBAL IS BACK RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH THE ENTERTAINMENT ELITE IN NEW YORK THIS WEEK. THE CHOREOGRAPHER HAS HELPED RIHANNA PUT TOGETHER HER SAVAGE X LINGERIE SHOW AT NEW YORK FASHION WEEK. AND JUDGING BY TWITTER AND NEWS REPORTS, THE SHOW WAS HUGE. THE FASHION WORLD IS SHOOK. THANK YOU. MY MISSION IS TO JUST HAVE WOMEN ALL OVER THE WORLD FEEL COMFORTABLE AND SEXY AND HAVE FUN WITH LINGERIE. AND I THINK TONIGHT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE EXPERIENCES THAT I WANTED PEOPLE TO FEEL THAT ENERGY. I WANTED THEM TO FEEL ALL THE DIFFERENT BODY TYPES, ALL THE DIFFERENT WOMEN IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF THEIR WOMANHOOD, AND IT WAS FUN. SUPER MODEL SISTERS GIGI AND BELLA WERE AMONG THE MODELS IN RIHANNA'S EXOTIC WORLD, DEEP INSIDE A BROOKLYN NAVY YARD. THE RANGE EMBRACES ALL SIZES FROM EXTRA SMALL TO 3X. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER. (PATEA MAORI CLUB'S 'POI E') THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ANTONY VLUG AND ELIZABETH WELSH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.