IT'S MIDDAY ` THE STRAWBERRY SAGA CROSSES THE TASMAN. HOW SAFE IS THE FRUIT IN OUR SUPERMARKETS? SOUTHEND SCHOOL WELCOMES BACK STUDENTS. WHAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR FRIDAY'S LOCK DOWN? AND LOOKS WHO'S BACK ` TIGER WOODS WINS HIS FIRST PGA TOUR EVENT IN FIVE YEARS. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND JAKE EBDALE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 AHI AHI MARIE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MEETINGS HAVE BEEN HELD AT SOUTH END SCHOOL IN CARTERTON THIS MORNING, AFTER IT WENT INTO LOCKDOWN ON FRIDAY WHEN STUDENTS FELL ILL FROM A MYSTERY POISONING. 1 NEWS REPORTER MEI HERON IS IN CARTERTON. MEI, WHAT'S THE LATEST? WE HAVE JUST HAD A BRIEFING FROM THE LOCAL AREA COMMANDER, DETECTIVE INSPECTOR SCOTT MILLER. HE IS TOLD MEDIA THAT THEY CAN CONFIRM IT AS FERTILISER OR COMPOST THAT BECAUSE THE KIDS TO BE SICK ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THERE WAS COMPOST DELIVERED TO A NEARBY PROPERTY THAT WAS DUMPED ON THE BACKYARD. THERE IS ONLY A WIRE FENCE THAT SEPARATES THAT BACKYARD FROM THE SCHOOL. MOST OF THE KIDS THAT GOT SICK WERE FROM THAT SIDE OF THE SCHOOL. WE ARE CLEAR ON WHAT THE TIMELINE IS NOW. POLICE SAY THAT COMPOST WAS DELIVERED AT 1.15 IN THE AFTERNOON. FOUR MINUTES LATER IS WHEN KIDS STARTED FEELING SICK. THEY WERE VOMITING. 10 WERE SENT TO HOSPITAL. BECAUSE IT WAS COMPOST, THERE ARE NO FURTHER HEALTH IMPLICATIONS. THESE KIDS ARE UNLIKELY TO GET SICK ANY FURTHER. POLICE WON'T SAY WHAT COMPANY DELIVERED THE COMPOST. THIS COMPANY HAS BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR 50 YEARS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. IT IS BECAUSE THE COMPOST WAS FRESH, WHICH PRODUCES THIS SULPHUR SMELL. WE SPOKE TO SOME PARENTS THIS MORNING. THEY GATHERED HERE TO GET A BRIEFING FROM THE PRINCIPAL. A DECISION OF THIS INVESTIGATION WAS IMMINENT. THEY WERE VERY ANXIOUS. I WAS SCARED TO COME IN THIS MORNING. THAT IS WHY I'M COMING IN THIS MORNING WITH MY DAUGHTER. IT IS VERY FRIGHTENING, ESPECIALLY FOR THE KIDDIES COMING BACK TODAY. SOME VERY WORRIED PARENTS THIS MORNING, WHO WILL FEEL REASSURED THIS MORNING. IT IS NOT OVER FOR POLICE. THE COMPOST COMPANY WILL WANT TO DO SOME MORE INVESTIGATIONS OF THEIR OWN TO FIND OUT EXACTLY HOW THIS HAPPENED. IT'S BEEN A LONG WAIT, BUT TIGER WOODS IS BACK AT THE TOP OF THE LEADER BOARD. THE FORMER WOLD NUMBER ONE, WHO JUST OVER A YEAR AGO WAS RANKED OUTSIDE THE TOP 1000 PLAYERS IN THE WORLD, HAS COMPLETED A REMARKABLE COMEBACK FOR HIS FIRST PGA TOUR WIN IN FIVE YEARS. VICTOR WATERS REPORTS. IT'S BEEN DUBBED ONE OF THE GREATEST COMEBACKS IN MODERN SPORT. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) WE THOUGHT HE'D NEVER SEE IT. AND I DON'T BELIEVE HE DID, EITHER. FIVE YEARS AFTER HIS LAST VICTORY, TIGER WOODS ONCE AGAIN HAD THE GOLFING WORLD AT HIS FEET, THE DELIGHT OF WINNING HIS 80TH TOUR TITLE EVIDENT. I'M HAVING A HARD TIME NOT... NOT CRYING THE LAST HOLE, YOU KNOW. I SAID, 'HEY, I COULD STILL HIT THIS THING OUT OF BOUNDS.' THE HORDES OF FANS THAT FOLLOWED HIS EVERY STEP JUST AS ASTONISHED. I DIDN'T WANNA GET RUN OVER. (LAUGHTER) I CAN'T RUN ANY MORE. THE EMOTION OF THE MOMENT QUICKLY CAUGHT UP WITH THE GREAT. I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE I PULLED THIS OFF AFTER THE SEASONS I'VE GONE THROUGH. (CHEERING) WOODS TODAY REMINISCENT OF THE TIGER OF OLD. TIGER JUST CASUALLY WALKS THIS ONE IN. BUT AFTER A NUMBER OF DISAPPOINTMENTS THIS YEAR, HE WASN'T QUITE OUT OF THE WOODS. ALMOST PUSHED, JUST A LITTLE. BUT WITH HIS OPPONENTS FALLING BY THE WAYSIDE,... IT'S GOTTA TURN. NEEDS TO TURN. ...THE RESULT WAS ALWAYS WITHIN WOODS' REACH. THE AMERICAN WASN'T THE ONLY BIG WINNER, AS NEW WORLD-NUMBER-ONE JUSTIN ROSE TOOK OUT THE SEASON-LONG FEDEX CUP. BUT THE LIMELIGHT TODAY WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE TIGER'S. IT WAS A FIGHT FOR SURE. SORRY TO RAIN ON THE PARADE, GUYS. I KNOW THERE WAS ONE GUY YOU WERE ROOTING FOR HERE. TIGER OFFICIALLY BACK ` AND WITH THE RYDER CUP JUST AROUND THE CORNER, HE'LL BE HUNGRY FOR MORE. VICTOR WATERS, 1 NEWS. ANYONE WHO HAS PURCHASED STRAWBERRIES FROM 'AUSTRALIAN CHOICE' BRAND ARE BEING ADVISED TO RETURN THEM. IT FOLLOWS YESTERDAY'S DISCOVERY OF FRUIT TAMPERING IN AN AUCKLAND COUNTDOWN SUPERMARKET. NEW ZEALAND POLICE ARE NOW IN A JOINT INVESTIGATION WITH MPI TO INDENTIFY THE OFFENDER. EMILY VAN VELTHOOVEN REPORTS. IT SENT AUSTRALIAN SUPERMARKETS INTO PANIC MODE. NOW THE STRAWBERRY SAGA'S GONE TRANS TASMAN. I SUPPOSE IT'S INEVITABLE THAT SOMEONE WOULD HAVE DONE IT. LAST NIGHT COUNTDOWN ANNOUNCED IT'S REMOVED THE 'CHOICE' BRANDED STRAWBERRIES FROM ITS SHELVES AFTER A CUSTOMER DISCOVERED NEEDLES IN THE FRUIT BOUGHT FROM AN AUCKLAND STORE. MORE THAN 100 REPORTS OF PIERCED FRUIT ARE BEING INVESTIGATED BY POLICE ACROSS AUSTRALIA AFTER A NEEDLE WAS FIRST FOUND A WEEK AGO. SINCE THEN, GROWERS HAVE HAD TO DUMP TONS OF UNWANTED FRUIT, PUTTING A HUGE DENT IN THE $130M INDUSTRY. THEY'VE LABELLED THE OFFENCE 'FOOD TERRORISM'. AFTER YESTERDAY'S INCIDENT, TRADE AND EXPORT GROWTH MINISTER DAVID PARKER TOLD TVNZ'S Q+A PROGRAMME THEY'RE WORKING WITH THEIR AUSTRALIAN COUNTERPARTS. THE AUSTRALIAN AUTHORITIES, AS YOU'D EXPECT, ARE BEING VERY COOPERATIVE. AND THEY'RE ENDEAVOURING TO RESOLVE THE SITUATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I THINK THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN. CRIMINOLOGIST GREG NEWBOLD SAYS IT'S COPY-CAT BEHAVIOUR, AND THOSE TAMPERING WITH FRUIT ARE FUNDAMENTALLY BORED. THEY HAVEN'T GOT MUCH IMPORTANT IN THEIR LIVES AND IT MAKES THEM FEEL IMPORTANT TO CREATE A NATIONAL SCANDAL OR A NATIONAL PANIC. AND THEY'LL GET SOME ENJOYMENT OUT OF THAT. HIS ADVICE. ` DOWNPLAY. WOULDN'T WITHDRAW THOSE STRAWBERRIES FROM THE SHELVES AT ALL. I'D JUST PUT A SIGN UP ` 'BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU BITE THESE STRAWBERRIES.' COUNTDOWN IS ADVISING CUSTOMERS TO CUT UP STRAWBERRIES BEFORE CONSUMPTION. THEY'VE ALSO TOLD CUSTOMERS THEY CAN RETURN STRAWBERRIES OF THAT BRAND FOR PEACE OF MIND AND A FULL REFUND. EMILY VAN VELTHOOVEN, 1 NEWS. NEARLY 150 STUDENTS HAVE STAGED A WAGGING PROTEST FOLLOWING A CONTROVERSIAL SPEECH WHERE A HAMILTON PRINCIPAL SAID TRUANTS WERE HIGHLY LIKELY TO END UP IN PRISON, BE ILLITERATE, A RAPE VICTIM OR COMMIT SUICIDE. STUDENTS FROM FRASER HIGH SCHOOL GATHERED AT THE GATES THIS MORNING TO EXPRESS HOW THEY FELT. MANY SAID THE SPEECH HAD BEEN TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT AND THE PRINCIPAL WAS OUT OF LINE. LIKE, SOME PEOPLE ARE SUICIDAL, AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RAPED AND DO DRUGS AND WHATEVER, AND SOME PEOPLE LEFT THAT ASSEMBLY IN TEARS. I COULD ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND HER MESSAGE THAT SHE WAS TRYING TO SPREAD. LIKE, STUDENTS SHOULD ACTUALLY GO TO THEIR CLASSES AND STOP WASTING THEIR TIME AT SCHOOL. I THINK HER SPEECH COULD HAVE USED A PROOF-READ, TO BE HONEST, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT WAS HOW SHE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THE SITUATION, ESPECIALLY AT AN AWARDS ASSEMBLY. THE PEOPLE HERE THAT SAY SHE DIDN'T GET HER MESSAGE ACROSS, OBVIOUSLY IT GOT ACROSS TO THEM, COS LOOK AT THEM ` THEY'RE ALL STANDING OUT HERE. THE PRIME MINISTER HAS OPENED HER TRIP TO THE U.S. BY MAKING A COMMITMENT TO HELP MAKE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BETTER PLACES FOR CHILDREN. IN A KEYNOTE SPEECH TO THE UNICEF'S SOCIAL GOOD SUMMIT, JACINDA ARDERN VOWED TO WORK WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. ...TO MAKE SURE THAT NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE BORN IN THE WORLD, YOUR LOCAL SCHOOL IS THE BEST SCHOOL, THERE IS FOOD AND A HEALTH SYSTEM YOU CAN RELY ON, AND, PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT YOU ARE LOVED AND YOU ARE HEARD. 1 NEWS U.S. CORRESPONDENT REBECCA WRIGHT'S COVERING ARDERN'S VISIT AND SAYS THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF INTEREST IN OUR PRIME MINISTER. THERE'S ALSO SOME VERY HIGH PROFILE MEDIA APPEARANCES SCHEDULED FOR THE PRIME MINISTER. SHE WILL TALK TOMORROW ON THE TODAY SHOW, WHICH IS LIKE THE AMERICAN VERSION OF 'BREAKFAST'. SHE WILL TALK TO CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR ON CNN. AND SHE WILL ALSO DO A GIG ON THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT. SO SHE'S LIKELY WITHIN THOSE INTERVIEWS TO GET SOME TRICKY AND UNCOMFORTABLE QUESTIONS, PERHAPS, ABOUT THE POLITICAL CLIMATE HERE IN THE U.S. SHE MAY HAVE TO REACT DIRECTLY TO SOMETHING THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES OR SAYS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW SHE HANDLES THAT. THERE WILL BE AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF INTEREST IN THE FACT THAT SHE'S THE THIRD FEMALE PRIME MINISTER IN NEW ZEALAND, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HASN'T HAPPENED HERE YET. AND, OF COURSE, BABY NEVE IS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, AND SHE'S ALREADY CAUSED A BIT OF A FLURRY OF EXCITEMENT AT THE SUMMIT THIS MORNING. SO, YES, A VERY BUSY WEEK FOR OUR PRIME MINISTER. THE U.S. DENIES THEY WERE INVOLVED IN AN ATTACK ON A MILITARY PARADE IN IRAN WHICH KILLED 25 PEOPLE. IRANIAN PRESIDENT HASSAN ROUHANI SAYS AMERICA AND ITS GULF ALLIES BACKED THE ASSAULT. THE COMMENTS COME AHEAD OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING IN NEW YORK WHERE BOTH LEADERS WILL COME FACE TO FACE. THE BBC'S JAMES ROBBINS REPORTS. (GUNFIRE, PEOPLE CLAMOUR) THE MOMENT THE SHOOTING STARTED, IRAN'S ELITE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD UNDER ATTACK ON HOME SOIL. MANY FORCED TO DIVE FOR COVER AS A PARADE TO HONOUR THEM IS AMBUSHED BY OPPONENTS TO THE GOVERNMENT. SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS DIED AS OTHERS FLED FOR THEIR LIVES. AN ANTI-GOVERNMENT ARAB GROUP BASED IN THIS AREA OF SOUTHWEST IRAN SAID IT WAS RESPONSIBLE. BUT MILITANTS OF SO-CALLED ISLAMIC STATE ALSO CLAIMED THIS AS THEIR WORK. BUT IRAN'S PRESIDENT ROUHANI IS BLAMING WHAT HAPPENED ON WHAT HE CALLS 'THE BULLY', THE UNITED STATES, AND THE GULF STATES IT SUPPORTS AND ARMS, INCLUDING SAUDI ARABIA AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. TRANSLATOR: THE SMALL PUPPET COUNTRIES THAT WE SEE IN THE REGION ARE BACKED BY AMERICA, AND THE UNITED STATES IS PROVOKING THEM AND GIVING THEM THE NECESSARY CAPABILITIES TO COMMIT THESE CRIMES. BUT THE UNITED STATES DENIES ANY INVOLVEMENT, URGING PRESIDENT ROUHANI INSTEAD TO EXAMINE HIS OWN BEHAVIOUR. THE UNITED STATES CONDEMNS ANY TERRORIST ATTACK ANYWHERE, PERIOD. WE'VE ALWAYS STOOD BY THAT. WHOEVER PRECISELY WAS BEHIND THE ATTACK IN IRAN, IT HAS INJECTED YET MORE POISON INTO RELATIONS BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND IRAN'S PRESIDENT ROUHANI. BOTH LEADERS WILL BE HERE AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK THIS WEEK TRADING ACCUSATIONS AND INSULTS WITH GREATER INTENSITY THAN EVER. IT MEANS THAT THE VOICES OF AMERICA'S EUROPEAN ALLIES, INCLUDING BRITAIN AND FRANCE, STILL URGING MODERATION, ARE LIKELY TO BE ALL BUT DROWNED OUT. THIS WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE AN EXTREMELY CONFRONTATIONAL WEEK HERE AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK. PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL SEE TO THAT WHEN HE CHAIRS A SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME AND FOCUSES ON IRAN. BUT THE ATMOSPHERE, IN A POLARISED WORLD, SUDDENLY FEELS EVEN MORE UNPREDICTABLE. THE WOMAN WHO ACCUSED DONALD TRUMP'S SUPREME COURT NOMINEE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT HAS AGREED TO TESTIFY IN FRONT OF A SENATE JUDICIAL PANEL. CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD SAYS SHE WAS ASSAULTED BY BRETT KAVANAUGH WHEN THEY WERE BOTH TEENAGERS. MR KAVANAUGH, WHO DENIES THE CLAIM, WILL ALSO TESTIFY. THE ABC'S DAVID WRIGHT HAS THE LATEST. THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE'S #METOO MOMENT IS NOW SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY AT 10AM, DR CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD SET TO TESTIFY FIRST IN OPEN SESSION. JUDGE BRETT KAVANAUGH'S CONFIRMATION TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT MAY WELL HINGE ON HOW CREDIBLE SHE IS SPEAKING PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT HER BOMBSHELL ACCUSATION THAT KAVANAUGH SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER AT A HIGH SCHOOL PARTY BACK IN 1982, ACCUSATIONS KAVANAUGH CATEGORICALLY DENIES. THE BACK-AND-FORTH NEGOTIATIONS DRAGGED OUT FOR DAYS. FORD WANTED KAVANAUGH TO TESTIFY FIRST, AND REQUESTED THE COMMITTEE QUESTION OTHER WITNESSES TOO. THE COMMITTEE REFUSED, SAYING THESE ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE. FOR IS BELIEVED TO HAVE NAMED AT LEAST THREE OTHERS WHO SHE SAYS WERE AT THE PARTY. TWO HAD ALREADY DENIED ANY MEMORY OF THE INCIDENT. THIS WEEKEND THE THIRD, LELAND KEYSER, TOLD THE COMMITTEE SHE... BUT KEYSER ALSO TOLD THE WASHINGTON POST SHE BELIEVES FORD. FORD'S LAWYERS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THEY BELIEVE REPUBLICAN SENATORS WHO HAVE BEEN DISMISSIVE OF HER STORY SHOULD HAVE TO, IN THEIR WORDS, 'SHOULDER THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO ASK HER QUESTIONS.' THIS WEEKEND VICE-PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE SOUGHT TO REASSURE CONSERVATIVE ACTIVISTS AT THE VALUES VOTER SUMMIT. I BELIEVE THAT JUDGE BRETT KAVANAUGH WILL SOON BE JUSTICE BRETT KAVANAUGH. TODAY IN A RADIO INTERVIEW WITH ABC AFFILIATE WTAM, THE PRESIDENT INSISTED HE'S KEEPING AN OPEN MIND. AND AT THEN END, THE SENATORS WILL MAKE A CHOICE. BRITAIN'S LABOUR PARTY LEADER SAYS HE WOULD PURSUE ANOTHER EU REFERENDUM IF THE REST OF THE PARTY WANTED ONE. JEREMY CORBYN'S COMMENTS COME AS THE BREXIT DEADLINE GETS CLOSER, WITH BRITAIN SET TO LEAVE THE EU IN MARCH NEXT YEAR. THE BBC'S LAURA KUENSSBERG HAS THE STORY. THEIR VOICES ARE GETTING LOUDER, PROTESTERS PUSHING FOR ANOTHER VOTE ON THE EU, DETERMINED TO MAKE THE LABOUR PARTY HEED THEIR CALLS. REMEMBER JEREMY CORBYN'S EXISTING LABOUR PLAN IS TO LEAVE THE EU, LIKE THE TORIES, BUT NEGOTIATE A DIFFERENT DEAL. YET MOST OF HIS MEMBERS WOULD LOVE TO STAY IN THE UNION. IS HE REALLY EDGING TOWARDS GIVING THE PUBLIC ANOTHER SAY? OUR PREFERENCE WOULD BE FOR A GENERAL ELECTION, AND WE CAN NEGOTIATE OUR FUTURE RELATIONSHIPS WITH EUROPE. LET'S SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF CONFERENCE, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY I'M BOUND BY THE DEMOCRACY OF OUR PARTY. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) IN LIVERPOOL, HIS AUDIENCE IS WILDLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT HIM, AND MANY OF THEM ABOUT THE EU TOO. BUT LABOUR MEMBERS AREN'T THE SAME AS LABOUR VOTERS, WHO AREN'T IN THIS ROOM ` MANY WHO VOTED FOR BREXIT, BELIEVING YOU CAN'T JUST ASK THE QUESTION AGAIN. THE REFERENDUM SHOULDN'T BE, 'DO WE WANNA GO BACK INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION?' THAT SHOULDN'T EVEN BE AN OPTION. NO, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY DECIDED. LIKE ANYTHING IN POLITICS IN 2018, IT IS NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD TO AGREE. LATER, DELEGATES GATHERED, GOING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS TO ARGUE ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT THE BREXIT PROMISE SHOULD BE ` A VOTE ON LEAVING THE EU AFTER ANOTHER ELECTION, A VOTE ON THE FINAL DEAL? ACTIVISTS ARE LIKELY TO GET THEIR WAY AT THE CONFERENCE THIS WEEK, WITH THE PROMISE OF A POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER VOTE ON EUROPE. BUT IT'S LIKELY TO BE A QUESTION OF 'IF', NOT 'WHEN'. THOSE ON THE PLATFORM WILL NOT AND CANNOT DISPLEASE THEIR PARTY. THEY NEED TO HEED THEIR POTENTIAL VOTERS AMONG THE PUBLIC TOO. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` IT'S NOT WHAT YOU EXPECT TO FIND WHEN YOU CHECK THE BABY'S COT. A QUEENSLAND MOTHER'S UNEXPECTED AND FRIGHTENING DISCOVERY. YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET MARRIED AND THE VENUE CATCHES FIRE ` THE DILEMMA THAT FACED A U.S. FIREFIGHTER. AND COOPER CRONK'S RACE AGAINST TIME TO BE FIT FOR THE NRL GRAND FINAL. THAT'S COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK. COMMENTATOR ON TV: Well, this is pretty intimidating. Look at the hunger in their eyes! If they're gonna win today, they're gonna have to dig deep, and I've got a feeling, Barry, that's exactly what we're gonna see. Come on! Let's get into it! (SIREN BLARES) (CRACKER CRUNCHES) A MASSACHUSETTS FIREFIGHTER HAD AN UNEXPECTED SURPRISE WHEN HE WAS CALLED OUT TO A LOCAL BLAZE. THE FIRE WAS AT THE SAME CHURCH CONRAD FERNANDES WAS DUE TO HOST HIS WEDDING CEREMONY IN A MATTER OF HOURS. UNDERSTANDABLY, THE NEWS DIDN'T GO DOWN WELL WITH HIS FIANCE. I JUST FIGURED IT WAS A FALSE ALARM, AND THEN THEY GOT THERE AND SAID IT WAS AN ACTIVE FIRE, AND WE JUST ALL STARTED SCREAMING. MY GUYS WERE BEING CALLED OUT. LITERALLY, I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH LISA, AND MY PHONE STARTED GOING OFF, COS I AM RESPONDING TO MY PHONE. THE CHURCH SUFFERED MORE THAN HALF A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE. BUT THE STORY DOES HAVE A HAPPY ENDING FOR THE COUPLE ` AFTER SOME LAST-MINUTE SCRAMBLING, THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND ANOTHER VENUE. A QUEENSLAND MOTHER HAS HAD THE FRIGHT OF HER LIFE AFTER FINDING A DEADLY BROWN SNAKE IN HER DAUGHTER'S COT. THE 4-MONTH-OLD HAD BEEN ASLEEP IN THE COT JUST AN HOUR BEFORE THE SERPENT MADE ITSELF AT HOME. CHANNEL 9'S ISABELLE MULLEN REPORTS. LITTLE SOPHIE DOESN'T KNOW HOW LUCKY SHE IS, HER MUM MAKING AN UNNERVING DISCOVERY ` A DEADLY BROWN SNAKE AT HOME IN HER 4-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER'S ROOM. IT WAS PETRIFYING. I WAS VERY SCARED. IT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I'M TRYING TO REACH FOR MY PHONE AND STOP MY SON FROM TRYING TO GO SEE THE SNAKE. IT WAS, YES, VERY SCARY. MEASURING OVER 1m LONG, ALECIA SPOTTED THE SNAKE AT SOPHIE'S BEDROOM DOOR. BUT IT KEPT MOVING. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT COULD CLIMB. SO IT WAS CLIMBING ON THROUGH THE WINDOW. IT WAS UP AROUND HER BASINET` HER COT, IN HER COT. IT WAS ALL OVER. SNAKE CATCHERS WARN PLENTY ARE OUT FOR MATING SEASON, THIS ONE FOUND NEAR THE HOUSE EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE SECOND MOST VENOMOUS SNAKE ON THE PLANET. THE MALES ARE ON A MISSION TO FIND A FEMALE, AND THEY'LL TRAVEL OUT IN THE OPEN ACROSS ROADS, PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS, EVERYTHING. THEIR COMMON SENSE GOES OUT THE WINDOW. SOPHIE HAD BEEN SLEEPING HERE JUST AN HOUR EARLIER. ALECIA DOESN'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IF SHE DIDN'T PICK HER UP. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHY SHE WAS UNSETTLED. I DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT. THIS SUMMER ALECIA WANTS PARENTS TO BE MINDFUL OF LEAVING DOORS AND WINDOWS OPEN. I DIDN'T SLEEP ALL LAST NIGHT. EVERY LITTLE NOISE, EVERY LITTLE SHADOW, I'M THINKING THERE'S A SNAKE SOMEWHERE. THANKFULLY, SOPHIE WASN'T BITTEN. BUT IF THE WORST DOES HAPPEN, THERE'S ONLY ONE THING TO DO. GET TO HOSPITAL ASAP. DON'T THINK ABOUT IT. KIWI PATRICK BEVAN HAS COLLECTED A BRONZE MEDAL AT THE WORLD ROAD CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN AUSTRIA. BEVAN TOOK OUT THIRD WITH HIS U.S.-BASED BMC RACING TEAM IN THE MEN'S TIME TRIAL, 20 SECONDS BEHIND THE WINNERS. BEVAN WILL ALSO COMPETE IN THE ROAD RACE AND THE INDIVIDUAL TIME TRIAL, ALONGSIDE HAMISH BOND. ARSENAL HAVE CONTINUED THEIR RESURGENCE IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE WITH VICTORY OVER EVERTON. A STUNNING STRIKE FROM ALEXANDER LACAZETE SET UP A 2-0 WIN FOR THE GUNNERS OVER THE TOFFIES. IT NOW SEE'S ARSENAL MOVE UP INTO SIXTH, 6 POINTS BEHIND OUTRIGHT LEADERS LIVERPOOL. THE REDS NOW CLEAR AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE AFTER CHELSEA DROPPED POINTS IN A 0-0 DERBY WITH WEST HAM. BILLY SLATER WILL KNOW WHETHER HE'LL GET A FAIRYTALE GRAND-FINAL FAREWELL WHEN HE FRONTS THE NRL JUDICIARY TOMORROW. THE DISICIPLINARY MEETING COMES AFTER SLATER'S SHOULDER CHARGE DURING FRIDAY'S WIN OVER CRONULLA. MELBOURNE HAD ASKED TO HAVE THE FULLBACK'S FATE DECIDED TODAY, BUT THE NRL WERE UNABLE TO MOVE IT FORWARD DUE TO LOGISTICAL REASONS. MEANWHILE, ROOSTERS HALFBACK COOPER CRONK'S HOPES OF PLAYING IN SUNDAY'S GRAND FINAL IS HANGING BY A THREAD. CRONK WILL BE GIVEN RIGHT UP UNTIL KICK OFF TIME TO PROVE HIS FITNESS AFTER SUFFERING A SEVERE ROTATOR CUFF INJURY AGAINST THE RABBITOHS. THE PLAYMAKER IS BIDDING TO PLAY HIS EIGHTH GRAND FINAL AGAINST FORMER SIDE THE MELBOURNE STORM. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` RAIN WITH POSSIBLE THUNDER STORMS FOR MOST PLACES. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES. POLICE SAY COMPOST IS THE LIKELY CAUSE THAT LEFT MANY STUDENTS ILL AT SOUTH END SCHOOL IN CARTERTON LAST FRIDAY. AUTHORITIES HERE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER NEEDLES WERE FOUND IN A PUNNET OF AUSTRALIAN BRAND STRAWBERRIES BOUGHT FROM AN AUCKLAND SUPERMARKET. AND TIGER WOODS HAS TAKEN OUT THE PGA'S TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP, HIS FIRST TOUR VICTORY IN FIVE YEARS. KIWI ARTIST MITCH JAMES' 'ALL THE WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE' PLAYS OUT MONDAY'S WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THANKS FOR WATCHING. FROM THE 1 NEWS MIDDAY TEAM, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JAMES BROWN AND JAKE EBDALE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.