IT'S MIDDAY. AN APOLOGY FOR THE HUNDREDS OF KIWIS WHO SUFFERED THROUGH HOUSING NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE TO METH CONTAMINATION. BUT WILL ANYONE BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE? THE CLOCK'S TICKING ON THERESA MAY TO STRIKE A BREXIT DEAL WITH EUROPE ` HOW COULD IT AFFECT KIWIS. AND NORTH KOREA SAYS IT'S READY TO TAKE STEPS TOWARDS DE-NUCLEARISING, BUT THERE'S A CATCH. CAPTIONS BY JAKE EBDALE AND CHELSEA BRADY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 HOUSING NEW ZEALAND WILL ISSUE AN APOLOGY TO HUNDREDS OF KIWIS WHO SUFFERED THROUGH THE RESPONSE TO METHAMPHETAMINE CONTAMINATION. THE HOUSING NEW ZEALAND BOARD WON'T BE SACKED, DESPITE A REPORT SHOWING 800 PEOPLE WERE IMPACTED. HOUSING MINISTER PHIL TWYFORD SAYS IT WAS A MORAL AND FISCAL FAILURE OF THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT. THE PEOPLE WHO I HOLD MOST ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS FIASCO HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS ALREADY. THEY'RE NO LONGER MINISTERS. BUT THE NATIONAL PARTY REFUTE THOSE CLAIMS SAYING THEY ACTED ON THE BEST AVAILABLE EXPERT ADVICE AT THE TIME. FORMER ASSOCIATE HEALTH MINISTER PETER DUNNE SAYS AN INTERNATIONAL WARNING SYSTEM IS NEEDED TO STOP SYNTHETIC CANNABIS VARIATIONS ENTERING OUR MARKET. MORE THAN 40 PEOPLE HAVE DIED AS A RESULT OF USING THEM SINCE JUNE LAST YEAR. IT'S RENEWED CALLS FOR SYNTHETICS TO BE LABELLED A CLASS-A DRUG. BUT MR DUNNE SAYS IT WON'T BE MUCH OF A DETERRENT. IT DOES NOTHING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ADVERSELY AFFECTED ` THE 40-ODD PEOPLE, FOR INSTANCE, WHO HAVE DIED ALREADY, THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING. WE NEED, AT THE SAME TIME, TO BE BEEFING UP OUR TREATMENT FACILITIES TO DEAL WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. THE COUNTRY'S GDP HAS RISEN 1% ` THE LARGEST QUARTERLY RISE IN TWO YEARS. STATISTICS NEW ZEALAND SAYS IT'S UP FROM 0.5% SINCE THE LAST QUARTER. THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTION CAME FROM AGRICULTURE ` UP 4.2%. THE TAX WORKING GROUP HAS RELEASED ITS INTERIM REPORT. IT HIGHLIGHTS PROPOSALS TO EXTEND CAPITAL INCOME TAXATION AND INTRODUCE ENVIRONMENT TAXES. THE REPORT DIDN'T RECOMMEND A GST REDUCTION AND FOUND THAT THE TAX SYSTEM ISN'T THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING. MASSEY UNIVERSITY'S VICE CHANCELLOR IS FACING REPRIMAND FROM HER COLLEAGUES OVER HER HANDLING OF THE DON BRASH SPEECH DEBACLE. JAN THOMAS CITED SECURITY CONCERNS BEHIND HER DECISION TO BAN DON BRASH FROM SPEAKING AT THE UNIVERSITY, BUT IT'S BEEN REVEALED SHE CALLED HIM A RACIST WHEN FIRST TOLD OF THE EVENT. MASSEY UNIVERSITY'S STUDENT ASSOCIATION SAY ITS IMPORTANT THEY HEAR DIFFERENT VIEW POINTS. I DON'T AGREE WITH DON BRASH'S VIEWS, AND I THINK MANY PEOPLE AT THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION ALSO DO NOT AGREE WITH HIM. HOWEVER, I DO THINK THAT UNIVERSITY, AS THE CRITIC AND CONSCIENCE OF SOCIETY, IS A FANTASTIC PLACE TO HAVE THOSE HEALTHY DEBATES AND THOSE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS. MASSEY PROFESSOR PETER LINEHAM SAYS ITS IMPORTANT THE UNIVERSITY SETS A PRECEDENT FOR THE VICE CHANCELLOR'S BEHAVIOUR. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONCERN THAT THERE'S BEEN MISLEADING DATA. NOW, CENSURE IS SAYING THAT THIS ACTION, WE'VE GOT TO, AS A UNIVERSITY, SAY THAT THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOUR IS NOT APPROPRIATE. CENSURE'S JUST CENSURE. IT'S NOT SAYING WE WANT TO DUMP HER, AND IT'S NOT OUR PLACE TO SAY THAT ANYWAY. BUT SOME OF US JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS CONCERN. MR BRASH IS CALLING ON THE VICE CHANCELLOR TO RESIGN. THE NEW ZEALAND RED CROSS SAYS COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY WILL HAVE TO STEP UP IN ORDER TO BE PREPARED TO TAKE ON MORE REFUGEES. THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED IT WILL INCREASE THE QUOTA TO 1500 PER YEAR FROM JULY 2020. TO CATER TO THAT, THEY'LL OPEN SIX NEW RESETTLEMENT CENTRES NATIONWIDE. WE NEED PEOPLE TO RESPOND. WE'RE GONNA NEED PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER, TO DONATE ITEMS. BUT A LOT OF IT IS ABOUT` TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THIS INCREASED NUMBER, IS ABOUT HAVING WELCOMING COMMUNITIES. SO WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR COUNCILS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO PUT UP THEIR HAND AND SAY, 'YEP, WE WANNA BE ONE OF THE NEW SIX.' THE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION SAYS A BREXIT DEAL BETWEEN THE EU AND THE UK IS STILL 'FAR AWAY'. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN ADVISED TO ALLOW ITS CAP ON SKILLED MIGRANTS TO INCREASE, WHICH COULD BENEFIT KIWIS. BUT THE UK MAY BE FORCED TO GIVE EUROPEAN CITIZENS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT, POSSIBLY AT THE EXPENSE OF NEW ZEALANDERS. AS THE BBC'S LAURA KUENSSBERG REPORTS, THERESA MAY SAYS THE EU NEEDS TO COMPROMISE AS BRITAIN HAD. STUCK, LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT ` THE PRIME MINISTER AND OTHER LEADERS HAVE EIGHT WEEKS TO AGREE WHAT HAPPENS TO NORTHERN ISLAND AFTER WE LEAVE. HER PLAN SAYS... IT'S THE ONLY CREDIBLE AND NEGOTIABLE PLAN ON THE TABLE THAT DELIVERS NO HARD BORDER IN NORTHERN IRELAND AND ALSO DELIVERS ON THE VOTE OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE. BUT WHAT WE CANNOT ACCEPT IS SEEING NORTHERN ISLAND CARVED AWAY FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM CUSTOMS TERRITORY. BUT THE EU CLUB'S PLAN IS VERY DIFFERENT. (INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS) THEY SAY NORTHERN IRELAND MAY HAVE TO FOLLOW EU RULES IF THE BIG BREXIT DEAL CAN'T BE DONE. I DON'T THINK WE'RE ANY CLOSER TO WITHDRAWAL AGREEMENTS THAN WE WERE IN MARCH. LEADERS LANDED TO HEAR THE PRIME MINISTER EXPLAIN THOSE PROPOSALS FOR HOW WE LEAVE ` THE SO-CALLED 'CHECKERS' DEAL. THEY DON'T MUCH LIKE HOW PARTS OF OUR ECONOMY WOULD STAY CLOSELY TIED TO THE EU TO GUARD AGAINST DISRUPTION AND AVOID GOING BACK TO AN OLD-FASHIONED BORDER IN IRELAND LIKE THOSE OF YEARS AGO. (REPORTERS SHOUT IN FRENCH) AND DESPITE LOTS OF CHATTER ABOUT TWEAKS FROM THE EU NEGOTIATOR, OR TUSK AT HOME, THERE'S NO QUESTION THE TUSSLE OVER THE IRISH BORDER IS A VERY REAL BLOCK ON PROGRESS. THE UK'S PROPOSALS WILL NEED TO BE REWORKED AND FURTHER NEGOTIATED. TODAY THERE'S PERHAPS MORE HOPE, BUT THERE'S SURELY LESS AND LESS TIME. THE PRIME MINISTER HOPES BY ASKING HER PEERS DIRECTLY THEY WILL BUDGE. THEY BELIEVE, IN TIME, SHE'LL REALISE SHE HAS TO MOVE. BUT WITH A TIME NOW SET FOR DEAL DAY, SOMETHING OR SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO GIVE. TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED AS STORM ALI BATTERS THE UK, BRINGING HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS REACHING MORE THAN 140KM/H. A WOMAN DIED AFTER A CARAVAN BLEW OFF A CLIFF AND A MAN WAS KILLED BY A FALLING TREE. THE STORM HAS BROUGHT RECORD-BREAKING WIND SPEEDS TO NORTHERN IRELAND AND A MAJOR INCIDENT HAS BEEN DECLARED IN PARTS OF SCOTLAND. ALI IS NOW EXPECTED TO TRAVEL SOUTH. THE POLITICAL FIGHT CONTINUES OVER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SUPREME COURT NOMINEE. A WOMAN ALLEGES SHE WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY BRETT KAVANAUGH WHEN THEY WERE TEENAGERS. SHE NOW SAYS SHE ISN'T PREPARED TO TESTIFY IN A PUBLIC HEARING UNLESS THE FBI INVESTIGATES HER CASE FIRST. THE ABC'S JONATHAN KARL HAS THE LATEST. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE WANTS TO HEAR FROM BRETT KAVANAUGH'S ACCUSER BUT THAT THE TIME TO TALK IS RUNNING OUT. CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD ALLEGES BRETT KAVANAUGH TRIED TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT HER WHEN THE TWO OF THEM WERE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. KAVANAUGH DENIES THE CHARGES, AND THE PRESIDENT TODAY MADE IT CLEAR HE IS INCLINED TO BELIEVE HIM. I CAN ONLY SAY THIS ` HE IS SUCH AN OUTSTANDING MAN. VERY HARD FOR ME TO IMAGINE THAT ANYTHING HAPPENED. FORD HAS NOT YET AGREED TO APPEAR BEFORE THE SENATE ON MONDAY. IN A LETTER TO THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, HER LAWYERS SAY HER LIFE HAS BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. HER LAWYERS ALSO SAY IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR HER TO FACE... SAMANTHA GUERRY, WHO WAS A FRIEND OF FORD'S IN HIGH SCHOOL, SAYS THERE IS NO WAY SHE WAS MISTAKEN. FRANKLY, IT MAKES ME ANGRY. IT'S REALLY A WAY OF DISMISSING HER IN SUGGESTING THAT HER MEMORY ISN'T CLEAR. FORD'S LAWYERS WANT THE FBI TO INVESTIGATE BEFORE SHE APPEARS ON CAPITOL HILL. THE PRESIDENT COULD ORDER AN INVESTIGATION, BUT HAS DECLINED TO DO SO. THE FOCUS NOW IS ON JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN CHUCK GRASSLEY, WHO SAYS HE STILL HOPES FORD SHOWS UP AT HIS HEARING ON MONDAY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO CANCEL ANY HEARING UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT 'THE LAST MINUTE' IS. BUT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE, IN HOPES THAT SHE'LL TAKE US UP. IN A LETTER TO FORD'S LAWYERS TODAY, GRASSLEY WRITES ` GRASSLEY HAS ALSO OFFERED TO SEND SENATE AIDS TO CALIFORNIA, WHERE FORD LIVES, TO INTERVIEW HER THERE. SOME REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING IF FORD DOES NOT SHOW UP ON MONDAY, THE COMMITTEE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH A VOTE ON KAVANAUGH'S NOMINATION. AND THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE WAVERING AT ALL IN SUPPORTING HIS NOMINEE. THE US HAS WELCOMED AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE LEADERS OF NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA. THEY NOW HOPE TO WORK WITH NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN TO ACHIEVE A DENUCLEARISATION DEAL. MR KIM SAID HE WOULD SHUT DOWN NUCLEAR MISSILE TESTING SITES IF THE US WOULD DO THE SAME. THE BBC'S LAURA BICKER REPORTS. PYONGYANG'S MASS GAMES ARE MEANT TO AWE AND INSPIRE. USUALLY, IT'S BECAUSE OF THEIR ELABORATE ROUTINES, BUT TONIGHT A SPECIAL GUEST FROM THE SOUTH EARNED THE APPLAUSE. PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN, THE SON OF NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES, HAS SPENT DECADES DREAMING OF THIS MOMENT. TRANSLATOR: WE HAVE LIVED TOGETHER FOR 5000 YEARS AND BEEN SEPARATED FOR 70 YEARS. I PROPOSE THAT WE SHOULD COMPLETELY END THE PAST 70 YEARS OF HOSTILITY AND TAKE A BIG STRIDE OF PEACE TO BECOME ONE AGAIN. THE VISIT HAS BROUGHT A BIT OF A BREAKTHROUGH. NORTH KOREA HAS AGREED TO LET EXPERTS WATCH A MISSILE LAUNCH SITE BEING DISMANTLED. MR KIM SAID HE WOULD DO MORE IF THE US ALSO MADE CONCESSIONS. TRANSLATOR: WE HAVE AGREED TO MAKE THE KOREAN PENINSULA A LAND OF PEACE THAT IS FREE FROM NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND NUCLEAR THREATS. (APPLAUSE) BUT THE DEAL DOESN'T GO AS FAR AS THE US HAD HOPED. IT DOESN'T MENTION THE NORTH'S CURRENT NUCLEAR ARSENAL OR IF THEY'LL EVEN STOP BUILDING WEAPONS. BUT HE MAY HAVE DONE ENOUGH TO PERSUADE PRESIDENT TRUMP TO OFFER THIS PENINSULA A PEACE DEAL. KIM JONG-UN HAS SAID HE'LL VISIT SEOUL LATER THIS YEAR ` ANOTHER FIRST. THIS CAREFUL CHOREOGRAPHY HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO DAZZLE THEIR VISITOR. HE CAN ONLY HOPE THIS SHOW OF WARMTH IS NOT A SMOKESCREEN TO HIDE THE NORTH'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` A RECORD WIN IN LAST NIGHT'S LOTTO DRAW. BUT IT'S NOT ALL GOOD NEWS FOR THOSE WITH A WINNING TICKET. AS AUSTRALIA'S FRUIT CONTAMINATION CRISIS WIDENS, A NEW ZEALAND COMPANY STEPS IN TO ASSIST. AND PLENTY OF GOALS AND EVEN A FEW TEARS IN THIS MORNING'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCHES. WE'LL HAVE ALL THE ACTION AFTER THE BREAK. A RECORD NUMBER OF KIWIS STRUCK IT LUCKY IN LAST NIGHT'S LOTTO DRAW, BUT IT WASN'T THE WINDFALL THEY MAY HAVE HOPED FOR. THERE WERE 40 FIRST DIVISION WINNERS, WHICH MEANS A $25,000 PAY-OUT FOR EACH WINNING TICKET ` SMALLER THAN THE SECOND DIVISION PRIZE. IT'S THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF FIRST DIVISION WINNERS SINCE LOTTO BEGAN IN 1987. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T CHECKED YOUR TICKET YET, THE WINNING NUMBERS WERE 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, AND 13. THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT SAYS STRICTER CRIMINAL PENALTIES WILL BE ENFORCED IN RESPONSE TO THE FRUIT CONTAMINATION CRISIS. A 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL HAS REPORTEDLY ADMITTED TO INSERTING NEEDLES INTO STRAWBERRIES AS A 'COPYCAT' PRANK. THERE HAVE NOW BEEN MORE THAN 100 REPORTS OF PEOPLE FINDING NEEDLES CONCEALED IN STRAWBERRIES, BANANAS AND APPLES. CURRENTLY THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR CONTAMINATING FOOD IS 10 YEARS, BUT MPs, INCLUDING THE OPPOSITION, WANT THIS TO INCREASE. AND WHILE THE SCANDAL'S COSTING AUSTRALIAN STRAWBERRY GROWERS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, IT'S PROVING PROFITABLE FOR SOME BUSINESS OWNERS. IT'S NOT COMPULSORY FOR PRODUCE GROWERS TO USE METAL DETECTORS ON THEIR PRODUCTS, BUT SOME IN THE INDUSTRY ARE TAKING THE STEP ANYWAY. ANDREW MACFARLANE REPORTS. DEVASTATED AUSTRALIAN STRAWBERRY GROWERS ARE FORCED TO DUMP TONS OF PERFECTLY GOOD FRUIT, SOME LEFT TO WITHER ON THE VINE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A FAIR BIT. AND WHILE THE STRAWBERRY SCANDAL'S COSTING THE INDUSTRY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, IT'S CREATED A BOOMING TRADE FOR THIS FOOD SAFETY COMPANY IN AUCKLAND. IT'S QUITE A HIGH-TECH PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO FIND THAT LEVEL OF CONTAMINATION. SO, HOW DOES IT WORK? WELL, IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. TYPICAL PUNNET OF STRAWBERRIES, NO PROBLEMS, GOES THROUGH ` NO STRESS. BUT AS SOON AS YOU INTRODUCE THE TINIEST BIT OF METAL, THEN YOU HAVE A FEW PROBLEMS. (ALARM BLARES) WE'VE GOTTA TEACH THE METAL DETECTOR WHAT A GOOD PRODUCT LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN ANY DISTURBANCE BIGGER THAN THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE TRIGGERING A FAIL. AND THE MACHINES ARE FLYING OFF THE SHELVES. JULIAN HORSLEY'S SOLD A YEAR'S WORTH IN THE LAST FOUR DAYS TO GROWERS IN AUSTRALIA AND HERE. I MEAN, THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF PANIC, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE THEIR CUSTOMERS ARE SAYING, 'WE CAN'T RECEIVE ANY PRODUCT 'UNTIL YOU'VE GOT THIS AND THIS IN LINE.' ONE OF THESE METAL DETECTORS COSTS AROUND $22,000, BUT JULIAN SAYS MANY GROWERS SEE THEM AS THE ONLY WAY TO ASSURE CUSTOMERS THEIR PRODUCE IS SAFE. IT'S OBVIOUSLY ALL OVER THE NEWS. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, COMMERCIALLY, FOR THESE GUYS, IT'S PUT MY PRODUCE IN THE RUBBISH BIN OR SUPPLY IT TO THE CUSTOMERS. GROWERS ARE DOING WHATEVER THEY CAN TO SAFEGUARD THEIR PRODUCTS. A BRITISH SATELLITE NEARLY 200 MILES ABOVE EARTH HAS CLEANED UP TONS OF SPACE JUNK. MORE THAN 7,500 TONS IS SAID TO BE DRIFTING AIMLESSLY IN ORBIT, POSING A COLLISION HAZARD FOR NEW SPACE MISSIONS. THE BBC'S SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT JONATHAN AMOS EXPLAINS. (BOOM!) IT'S GETTING CROWDED UP THERE. 60 YEARS OF SPACE EXPLORATION HAVE LITTERED THE SKIES ABOVE OUR HEADS. OLD ROCKETS, DEFUNCT SATELLITES, EVEN ACCIDENTALLY-DROPPED ASTRONAUT TOOLS. THE FEAR IS THIS JUNK COULD START A SERIES OF RUNAWAY COLLISIONS, MAKING SPACE UNUSABLE. BUT, PERHAPS, THIS IS THE SOLUTION. THIS IS THE MOMENT A NET IS THROWN AROUND SOME JUNK TO CAPTURE IT. IT WAS THROWN BY A UK SATELLITE THAT CARRIES THE FIRST PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATIONS TO REMOVE ORBITING DEBRIS. WHAT WE ARE DEMONSTRATING IS A POSSIBLE TECHNOLOGY TO CAPTURE SOME OF THIS DEBRIS. AND WE TRIED TO LOOK AT COST-EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LIKE A NET. SO THE IDEA IS THAT YOU CAST THE NET, YOU CAPTURE YOUR PIECE OF DEBRIS IN THE SATELLITE, AND THEN YOU WOULD DEORBIT TOGETHER SO YOU BURN INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. COMING NEXT, A MORE POINTED DEMONSTRATION. (CLICK!) A HARPOON THAT CAN PIERCE RELUCTANT OBJECTS SO THEY CAN BE DRAGGED OUT OF ORBIT. PROJECTILES LIKE THIS MAY BE THE SIMPLEST WAY TO DEAL WITH SOME DEBRIS. THIS IS THE HARPOON THAT WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING, AND ON THE 'REMOVE DEBRIS' MISSION, THEY'RE GOING TO BE TESTING THE, KIND OF, SMALLER BROTHER OF THIS ONE TO SHOW THAT WE CAN SUCCESSFULLY CAPTURE A PIECE OF SPACE DEBRIS IN SPACE USING A HARPOON. THE BRITISH MISSION, LAUNCHED IN JUNE, STILL HAS A FEW MONTHS LEFT TO RUN, BUT ITS WORK COULD LAY THE PATH TO A SAFER FUTURE FOR THE THOUSANDS OF SATELLITES THAT WILL FOLLOW. THESE SYSTEMS RISK BEING DAMAGED, OR EVEN DESTROYED, IF WE DON'T FIND WAYS TO CLEAN UP THE EXISTING MESS. TO SPORT, AND TASMAN HAVE MOVED TO SECOND ON THE PROVINCIAL RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP LADDER WITH A SCRAPPY 29-19 WIN OVER MANAWATU. THE PALMERSTON NORTH CLASH TOOK JUST MINUTES TO SPRING INTO LIFE. HERE'S A SURGING RUN. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A STRAIGHT SPRINT. AND AWAY TO SCORE IS JAMIE SPOWART. GEE, THAT WAS QUICK. MANAWATU KEPT THEMSELVES IN THE GAME BUT COULDN'T CATCH THE MAKO, WHO CLOSED OUT THE RESULT WITH A LATE PENALTY. MAKO SKIPPER DAVID HAVILI ANNOYED HIS SIDE, LESS THAN A YEAR OUT FROM THE RUGBY WORLD CUP, THE PLAYERS UNION HAS COOLED TALK OF THE TOURNAMENT'S EXPANSION. WORLD RUGBY ARE EXPLORING THE IDEA OF ADDING ANOTHER FOUR TEAMS TO THE CURRENT 20-NATION FORMAT. BUT THE INTERNATIONAL RUGBY PLAYERS ASSOCIATION SAYS MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE IN CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND TIER NATIONS. THE IRPA ALSO SAID RUGBY'S GOVERNING BODY SHOULD PRIORITISE THE WELFARE AND CONDITIONS OF PLAYERS FROM DEVELOPING SIDES. CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TITLE CONTENDERS MANCHESTER CITY HAVE BEEN STUNNED BY FRENCH SIDE LYON. OPENING ROUND FORTUNES FAIRED FAR BETTER FOR CROSS-TOWN RIVALS MANCHESTER UNITED, WHO THUMPED SWISS SIDE YOUNG BOYS TO GET THEIR CAMPAIGN OFF TO A PERFECT START. THE BBC'S ANDY SWISS HAS THE ACTION. THEY EMERGED AS FAVOURITES FOR THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, BUT FOR HOW LONG? WITH MANAGER PEP GUARDIOLA SERVING A TOUCHLINE BAN IN THE STANDS, MANCHESTER CITY SEEMED DEVOID OF DIRECTION ` A STUTTERING START, SOME CALAMATOUS DEFENDING AND VISITORS LYON WERE AHEAD. MAXWELL CORNET WITH THE CELEBRATIONS; THE HOSTS WITH AN EARLY HEADACHE. AND IT SOON GOT EVEN WORSE. NABIL FEKIR WAS SEEMINGLY USHERED THROUGH THE CITY DEFENCE. LYON WERE TWO-UP AT THE BREAK. THE BODY LANGUAGE NEEDED LITTLE TRANSLATION. AND, COME THE SECOND HALF, LYON WERE SOON NEARLY OUT OF SIGHT. THE POST DENIED MEMPHIS DEPAY, AND THAT FINALLY STIRRED CITY INTO ACTION. WITH 25 MINUTES LEFT, BERNARDO SILVA STRUCK. WAS THE COMEBACK ON? WELL, IT WASN'T TO BE. SERGIO AGUERO CAME CLOSE, BUT A 2-1 DEFEAT FOR CITY AND AN EARLY BLOW TO THEIR EUROPEAN HOPES. MANCHESTER UNITED, MEANWHILE, WERE UP AGAINST THE SWISS CHAMPIONS YOUNG BOYS AND THEIR ARTIFICIAL PITCH. JOSE MOURINHO NOT A FAN OF THE SURFACE, BUT HE WILL HAVE ENJOYED THIS, AS A ROCKY START GAVE WAY TO A ROCKET. OH, THAT'S SUPER! PAUL POGBA BLASTED UNITED AHEAD, AND THE HOSTS THEN GAVE THEM A HELPING HAND ` A PENALTY, WHICH POGBA COOLLY DISPATCHED. IT'S A BELTER. AND, AFTER THE BREAK, ANTHONY MARTIAL DULY WRAPPED UP A 3-0 VICTORY FOR UNITED FOR THE TWO HALVES OF MANCHESTER, TWO VERY DIFFERENT NIGHTS. MEANWHILE, FORMER UNITED STAR CRISTIANO RONALDO'S HAD A EUROPEAN DEBUT TO FORGET WITH HIS NEW SIDE JUVENTUS. RONALDO COULD BE IN BIG TROUBLE. RONALDO IS IN BIG TROUBLE. THIS IS THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HEADLINE BEING WRITTEN. RONALDO'S FIRST RETURN TO SPAIN SINCE LEAVING REAL MADRID SEES THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RECORD SCORER SENT OFF! THE PORTUGESE FORWARD LEFT IN TEARS, RED CARDED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE COMPETITION DURING THE ITALIAN SIDE'S 2-0 WIN OVER VALENCIA. HE'S NOW LIKELY TO MISS HIS 'HOMECOMING' TO OLD TRAFFORD THROUGH SUSPENSION NEXT MONTH. THE AUSTRALIAN DIAMONDS HAVE AVENGED THEIR COMMONWEALTH GAMES FINAL DEFEAT TO ENGLAND WITH A 52-47 WIN OVER THE ROSES. AFTER TRAILING IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THEIR QUAD SERIES CLASH, THE AUSSIES RALLIED BACK TO PUT THEMSELVES WITHIN TOUCHING DISTANCE OF THE TITLE. THE UNBEATEN DIAMONDS WILL CLAIM THE QUAD SERIES IF THEY DEFEAT THE SILVER FERNS ON SUNDAY. NEW ZEALAND FORMULA E DRIVER MITCH EVANS HAS BEEN INTRODUCED TO HIS NEW RIDE FOR THE NEW SEASON. THE NEW AND IMPROVED ELECTRIC JAGUAR I TYPE 3 WAS UNVEILED IN LONDON AND WILL SEE COMPETITORS DROP THE MANDATORY MID-RACE CAR SWAP. AFTER RECENT SEASONS OF MIXED RESULTS, THE KIWI SPEEDSTER SAYS HE'S EAGER TO GET BACK ON THE TRACK. WE HAD A PRETTY CLEAR THREE-YEAR GOAL PROGRAMME TO COME TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP, FIND OUR FEET, GET CONSISTENT POINTS, MAYBE GET A PODIUM HERE OR THERE, WHICH WE ACHIEVED. BUT THIS SEASON IS ABOUT THE CHAMPIONSHIP. * NIGELLA LAWSON: Hello, dark-chocolate lovers. Here's the moment you've been waiting over 100 years for ` Andrew and Brian's new caramel filling... Mmm. ...surrounded by their 62% dark... YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST, OUR TOP STORY. HOUSING NEW ZEALAND WILL APOLOGISE TO 800 KIWIS WHO SUFFERED THROUGH THE RESPONSE TO METHAMPHETAMINE CONTAMINATION. YUMI ZOUMA'S NEW SINGLE 'CRUSH' PLAYS OUT THE WEATHER FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAY. (YUMI ZOUMA'S 'CRUSH') THANKS FOR JOINING US. TE KARERE FOLLOWS AT 4.30, THEN THE 1 NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. NGA MANAAKITANGA, KIA ORA TATOU. CAPTIONS BY JAKE EBDALE AND CHELSEA BRADY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018