IT'S MIDDAY. BABY NEVE WATCHES MUM JACINDA ARDERN AT WORK IN NEW YORK, FOLLOWED BY THE PRIME MINISTER'S APPEARANCE ON A US BREAKFAST TV SHOW WATCHED BY MILLIONS. MEANWHILE, BACK HERE, A FEISTY DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER RUBBISHES GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT FIGURES THAT BANNING OIL EXPLORATION COULD HURT THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMY. AND WILL HE RESIGN, STAY OR BE FIRED? REPORTS ANOTHER TOP US OFFICIAL WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE RUSSIA PROBE COULD BE OUSTED BY US PRESIDENT TRUMP. CAPTIONS BY ANTONY VLUG AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 AHIAHI MARIE. GOOD AFTERNOON. KIWI ENTREPRENEUR DEREK HANDLEY SAYS HE'S HEARD NOTHING FROM THE GOVERNMENT AS TO WHY HE WAS DUMPED FROM THE ROLE OF CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER BEFORE THE APPOINTMENT HAD EVEN BEEN ANNOUNCED. MR HANDLEY RELEASED CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN HIMSELF, PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN AND FORMER DIGITAL SERVICES MINISTER CLARE CURRAN THIS MORNING AND SAID THERE WAS NOTHING UNTOWARD WITH THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS. MS CURRAN WAS REMOVED FROM CABINET FOR NOT DISCLOSING A MEETING WITH MR HANDLEY IN FEBRUARY, AND THE JOB OFFER TO MR HANDLEY WAS RETRACTED IN THE FALLOUT. I DID NOT DIRECTLY ENGAGE WITH HIM OVER THE CTO APPOINTMENT. I THINK MORE GENERALLY WHAT I'D SAY, THOUGH, IS THAT NO ONE IS ARGUING THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD PROCESS. IT WAS NOT, AND FOR THE FACT THAT MR HANDLEY WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND DID NOT EVENTUALLY LEAD TO TAKING ON THE ROLE, FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO OWE HIM AN APOLOGY. AND THE PRIME MINISTER WAS SPEAKING IN NEW YORK, WHERE SHE'S ATTENDING THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 1 NEWS US CORRESPONDENT REBECCA WRIGHT IS FOLLOWING HER MOVEMENTS AND SENT THIS REPORT. THERE'S A REAL FASCINATION WITH THE PRIME MINISTER HERE IN NEW YORK THIS WEEK WITH HER PERSONAL STORY, HER POLITICAL STYLE, HOW SHE'S MANAGING BEING A HEAD OF STATE AND ALSO A NEW MOTHER. AND THAT IS WHAT THEY WANTED TO KNOW FIRST WHEN SHE APPEARED ON THE TODAY SHOW THIS MORNING. THERE'S GOVERNING BEFORE THE BABY, AND THEN THERE'S GOVERNING AFTER. DO YOU FEEL LIKE SOMETHING HAS CHANGED INSIDE YOU SINCE YOU GAVE BIRTH TO THAT CHILD AND HOW YOU ACTUALLY DO YOUR JOB THERE? MY APPRECIATION OF PARENTS, MOTHERS AND SOLO MOTHERS, PARTICULARLY ` PARENTS WHO DO IT ON THEIR OWN ` MY APPRECIATION FOR THAT HAS INCREASED TENFOLD. I ALREADY HAD THAT APPRECIATION, BUT NOW IT'S ANOTHER LEVEL. AND PROBABLY OUR FOCUS ON FAMILY-FRIENDLY POLICIES. WE HAD ALREADY IMPLEMENTED, FOR INSTANCE, 26 WEEKS PAID PARENTAL LEAVE IN NEW ZEALAND. HOW MANY WEEKS? 26. AND SO NOW, I JUST HAVE THAT EXTRA STRENGTH OF FEELING BEHIND THAT BEING REALLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO. SO NO CURLY QUESTIONS, REALLY, FOR THE PRIME MINISTER THIS MORNING. BUT THERE WAS AN INTERESTING MOMENT WHEN SHE WAS ASKED ABOUT HER STYLE OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP, AND SHE SEEMED TO OFFER A CRITIQUE, PERHAPS, OF THE VERY DIVISIVE, VERY BOMBASTIC NATURE OF US POLITICS AT THE MOMENT. HERE SHE IS TALKING ABOUT GOVERNING WITH KINDNESS. I REALLY REBEL AGAINST THIS IDEA THAT POLITICS HAS TO BE A PLACE FULL OF EGO AND WHERE YOU'RE CONSTANTLY FOCUSED ON SCORING HITS AGAINST ONE ANOTHER. YES, WE NEED A ROBUST DEMOCRACY. BUT YOU CAN BE STRONG, AND YOU CAN BE KIND. AND SO WE'RE BUILDING WHAT I'D LIKE TO BELIEVE IS A REALLY COMPASSIONATE GOVERNMENT, ONE THAT'S FOCUSED ON LIFTING THE WELL-BEING OF OUR PEOPLE BUT ALSO DOING WELL ECONOMICALLY TOO. THE PRIME MINISTER ALSO OPENED CLIMATE WEEK HERE IN NEW YORK AND HAS HAD MORE BILATERALS, MORE HANDSHAKES, MORE PRESSING OF THE FLESH, INCLUDING MEETING ANOTHER VERY YOUNG GLOBAL LEADER ` THE 32-YEAR-OLD AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR ` FOR A BILATERAL MEETING HERE AT THE UN THIS MORNING. SHE ALSO GAVE A SPEECH TO THE NELSON MANDELA PEACE SUMMIT, AND WE ACTUALLY GOT, THERE, OUR FIRST GLIMPSE OF BABY NEVE'S FACE. SHE WAS BROUGHT ALONG BY HER FATHER, CLARK GAYFORD, TO SEE HER MUM GIVE THAT ADDRESS HERE AT THE UNITED NATIONS. THOSE PICTURES WERE PUT OUT BY GETTY AND PICKED UP BY AGENCIES AROUND THE WORLD. THERE IS AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF INTEREST IN THEIR ATTENDANCE HERE AT THE UNITED NATIONS AS WELL. US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL MEET WITH AMERICA'S SECOND-HIGHEST RANKED LAW OFFICIAL ON FRIDAY AFTER REPORTS THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO FIRE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL ROD ROSENSTEIN. IT FOLLOWS RUMOURS MR ROSENSTEIN, WHO OVERSEES THE RUSSIA COLLUSION INVESTIGATION, DISCUSSED OVERRULING MR TRUMP AND SECRETLY RECORDING HIM. THE ABC'S JONATHAN KARL REPORTS. DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL ROD ROSENSTEIN WAS SUMMONED TO THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY. ROSENSTEIN HAD BEEN IN HOT WATER SINCE THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTED FRIDAY THAT HE'D TALKED LAST YEAR ABOUT RECRUITING CABINET MEMBERS TO REMOVE PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM OFFICE BY INVOKING THE 25TH AMENDMENT. AND IT EVEN SUGGESTED THAT JUSTICE OFFICIALS SECRETLY RECORD THEIR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PRESIDENT. THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED ABOUT IT OVER THE WEEKEND. IN AN EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT THE UN THIS MORNING, THE PRESIDENT'S TWO TOP DIPLOMATS WERE ASKED IF THEY HAD TALKED ABOUT REMOVING THE PRESIDENT FROM OFFICE. IT IS COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY ABSURD. NO ONE IS QUESTIONING THE PRESIDENT AT ALL. I FIND THE QUESTION LUDICROUS. I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYONE TALK ABOUT IT, WHISPER ABOUT IT, JOKE ABOUT IT IN ANY WAY. ABC NEWS HAS LEARNED ROSENSTEIN HAD OFFERED TO RESIGN OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT COULD NOT AGREE WITH THE WHITE HOUSE ON THE SPECIFICS OF HIS RESIGNATION. TODAY HE SPOKE WITH THE PRESIDENT BY PHONE AND MET AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH CHIEF OF STAFF JOHN KELLY, WHO IN YET ANOTHER TWIST, WALKED HIM OUT TO HIS CAR, AS A SMILING ROSENSTEIN WENT BACK TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT STILL ON THE JOB ` AT LEAST FOR NOW. MEANWHILE AT THE UN, THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED IF HE'S GOING TO FIRE HIM. I'LL BE BACK ON THURSDAY, AND WHEN I GET BACK, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MEETING. I SPOKE WITH ROD TODAY. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MEETING ON THURSDAY WHEN I GET BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE. MEANWHILE, THE MAN BEHIND A MEETING AT TRUMP TOWER WHICH IS BELIEVED TO BE KEY IN THE RUSSIA PROBE SAYS HE WISHES HE NEVER SET IT UP. BRITISH PUBLICIST ROB GOLDSTONE ORGANISED FOR MEMBERS OF DONALD TRUMP'S ELECTION TEAM TO MEET A RUSSIAN LAWYER IN 2016 TO GET 'DIRT' ON HILLARY CLINTON. HE SAYS THE MATERIAL WAS VERY GENERIC AND HE WAS HIGHLY EMBARRASSED. ANOTHER SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATION HAS SURFACED AGAINST US SUPREME COURT NOMINEE BRETT KAVANAUGH. TWO WOMEN HAVE NOW ACCUSED MR KAVANAUGH OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ` ONE WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER AND ONE WHEN HE WAS A STUDENT AT YALE UNIVERSITY. IT COMES JUST DAYS BEFORE MR KAVANAUGH IS SET TO TESTIFY HIS CASE AT THE SUPREME COURT JUDICIARY. THE ABC'S TERRY MORAN HAS THE LATEST. WITH HIS WIFE, ASHLEY, BY HIS SIDE, AN EMOTIONAL JUDGE BRETT KAVANAUGH, SPEAKING TODAY TO FOX NEWS, DEFENDED HIMSELF FROM ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AND VOWED HE WOULD NOT BOW OUT. I'M NOT GONNA LET FALSE ACCUSATIONS DRIVE US OUT OF THIS PROCESS, AND... WE'RE LOOKING FOR A FAIR PROCESS WHERE I CAN BE HEARD AND DEFEND MY INTEGRITY, MY LIFELONG RECORD` MY LIFELONG RECORD OF PROMOTING DIGNITY AND EQUALITY FOR WOMEN, STARTING WITH THE WOMEN WHO KNEW ME WHEN I WAS 14 YEARS OLD. HIS NOMINATION REELING FROM A SECOND ACCUSATION OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IN HIS YOUTH. IT COMES FROM DEBORAH RAMIREZ, A FORMER CLASSMATE OF KAVANAUGH'S AT YALE UNIVERSITY. RAMIREZ SAYS SHE AND KAVANAUGH AND SOME FRIENDS WERE PLAYING A DRINKING GAME IN A DORM ROOM. SHE SAYS SHE BECAME INTOXICATED AND ACKNOWLEDGES GAPS IN HER MEMORY. BUT SHE SAYS SHE DOES RECALL BEING ON THE FLOOR, SLURRING HER WORDS, WHEN A MALE STUDENT EXPOSED HIMSELF CLOSE TO HER FACE. SHE SHOVED HIM AWAY ` IN THE PROCESS, TOUCHING HIM WITHOUT HER CONSENT. SHE SAYS SHE REMEMBERS HIM PULLING UP HIS PANTS. AND SHE TOLD THE NEW YORKER THAT AFTERWARDS, SHE HEARD A MALE STUDENT YELL DOWN THE HALLWAY WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED USING HER NAME AND BRETT KAVANAUGH'S. SHE SAYS... THE NEW YORKER ACKNOWLEDGES IT COULD LOCATE NO WITNESSES WHO COULD PUT KAVANAUGH AT THE PARTY AND THAT RAMIREZ AT FIRST WAS NOT SURE IT WAS KAVANAUGH WHO EXPOSED HIMSELF. IT ALL COMES AS JUDGE KAVANAUGH AND DR CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD PREPARE TO TESTIFY ON CAPITOL HILL. DR FORD SAYS KAVANAUGH SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER IN HIGH SCHOOL. I AM NOT QUESTIONING AND HAVE NOT QUESTIONED THAT PERHAPS DR FORD, AT SOME POINT IN HER LIFE, WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY SOMEONE IN SOME PLACE. BUT WHAT I KNOW IS I'VE NEVER SEXUALLY ASSAULTED ANYONE. PRESIDENT TRUMP STANDING BY HIS NOMINEE. I AM WITH JUDGE KAVANAUGH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A VOTE. AND FOR PEOPLE TO COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK FROM 36 YEARS AGO AND 30 YEARS AGO AND NEVER MENTION IT ` ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT HAPPENS ` IN MY OPINION, IT'S TOTALLY POLITICAL. MEANWHILE DOZENS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED OUTSIDE CAPITOL HILL, PROTESTING MR KAVANAUGH'S NOMINATION. IT COMES AS ANGER BUILDS OVER THE ACCUSATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, WITH WOMEN ACROSS THE US ALSO STAGED WALKOUTS IN PROTEST. ACTING PRIME MINISTER WINSTON PETERS SAYS THE MINISTRY OF BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT HAVE GOT THEIR FIGURES WRONG WHEN IT COMES TO JUST HOW MUCH THE NEW LEGISLATION BANNING FUTURE OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION WILL COST. MR PETERS SAYS THEIR NEW REPORT HAS BLOWN IT OUT OF PROPORTION. IF NASA EVER HAD THOSE SORTS OF CALCULATIONS, I THINK NEIL ARMSTRONG WOULD STILL BE TRYING TO FIND THE MOON. HERE'S THE POINT, THEY START AT 200 MILLION, AND THE GAP IS BETWEEN 200 MILLION AND POSSIBLY NOT JUST 8 BILLION, BUT 22 BILLION. SO, REALLY, THIS IS TOTALLY UNCHARTED TERRITORY AND WOULD REQUIRE SOMETHING FAR BETTER BY WAY OF FORMULAIC SOLUTION THAN WHAT THEY PUT OUT. THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES HAVE CONFIRMED THREE NEEDLES WERE FOUND INSIDE A PUNNET OF AUSTRALIAN STRAWBERRIES BOUGHT FROM AN AUCKLAND SUPERMARKET ON SUNDAY. ALL AUSTRALIAN STRAWBERRIES ARE NOW FACING EXTRA SCREENING SINCE THE SCARE WAS FIRST REPORTED ACROSS THE TASMAN LAST WEDNESDAY. BUT DESPITE THIS, MPI SAY THEY'RE CONCERNED THE SITUATION HERE IS BEING BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION. WE ARE RECOMMENDING PEOPLE CONTINUE TO EAT, OF COURSE. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO EAT STRAWBERRIES. WE DON'T SEE ANY PARTICULAR THREAT AT THE MOMENT, BUT OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE DO GET REPORTS, WE'LL TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY, AND WE'LL WORK WITH THE POLICE TO ENSURE WHOEVER'S DOING IT CAN BE TRACKED DOWN AND DEALT WITH. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE SCANDAL UNFOLDED. ON SUNDAY NIGHT, WOOLWORTHS ALERTED BOTH POLICE AND THE MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES IT FOUND NEEDLES IN A SINGLE PUNNET OF STRAWBERRIES AT THE AUCKLAND STORE. AS A PRECAUTION, WOOLWORTHS PULLED ALL 'CHOICE' BRAND STRAWBERRIES FROM SHELVES ACROSS ITS SUPERMARKET NETWORK. IT THEN SENT PHOTOS TO MPI WITH A SUMMARY OF WHAT HAPPENED. WOOLWORTHS THEN AGREES TO MPI'S DIRECTION OF CUTTING UP THE WITHDRAWN STRAWBERRIES TO DETERMINE IF ANY NEEDLES WERE PRESENT. LATER THAT NIGHT, NEARLY THREE HOURS AFTER MPI WAS ORIGINALLY ALERTED, AUSTRALIAN AUTHORITIES WERE INFORMED. ORANGA TAMARIKI SOCIAL WORKERS HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE ON A PAY EQUITY SETTLEMENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT, WORTH $114.6M OVER FIVE YEARS. MINISTER FOR CHILDREN TRACEY MARTIN SAYS IT'S ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO PAY EQUITY FOR ALL WOMEN IN NEW ZEALAND. THE SETTLEMENT APPLIES TO MORE THAN 1300 SOCIAL WORKERS AND WOULD SEE THEIR SALARIES IMPROVE BY AN AVERAGE OF 30% OVER A TWO-YEAR PERIOD. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` RIPE FOR CONTRABAND. HOW $27M WORTH OF COCAINE WAS NEARLY SENT TO A TEXAS PRISON. THE PIONEERING RADIO MACHINE THAT'S HOPING TO TRANSFORM TREATMENT FOR CANCER PATIENTS. AND HAS BILLY SLATER PLAYED HIS LAST GAME IN THE NRL? THE STORM FULLBACK PREPARES TO FACE THE JUDICIARY. WILL HE BE ALLOWED TO PLAY THE GRAND FINAL? A SHIPMENT OF BANANAS DONATED TO A TEXAS PRISON HAS RESULTED IN AN UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY FOR AUTHORITIES. CORRECTIONS OFFICERS NOTICED SOMETHING AMISS WITH THE TWO PALLETS, WHICH WERE DONATED TO FEED PRISONERS BECAUSE THE BANANAS WERE ALREADY RIPE. BUT ON CLOSER INSPECTION, THEY DISCOVERED THE BOXES WERE FILLED WITH 540 PACKETS OF COCAINE, VALUED AT MORE THAN $27M. THE OFFICERS REPORTED THE HAUL, WHICH IS NOW BEING INVESTIGATED. NEW ZEALAND COMPANY ROCKET LAB WILL BOOST SATELLITES FROM HERE NEXT YEAR THAT WILL SEARCH FOR HIDDEN MARITIME GPS SIGNALS. THE SATELLITES WILL PROVIDE DATA ON WHERE THE VESSELS ARE AND WHAT THEY'RE UP TO. PIRATES, DRUG SMUGGLERS, PEOPLE SMUGGLERS, THEY TURN OFF THE AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS ON THEIR BOATS. THEY TURN OFF THEIR GPS, BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING THINGS THEY DON'T WANT ANYONE TO FIND OUT. THESE SATELLITES CAN DETECT THEM. THE SAILOR STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INDIAN OCEAN FOR SEVERAL DAYS WITH A BACK INJURY HAS BEEN RESCUED. ABHILASH TOMY WAS RACING AROUND THE WORLD HURT WHEN HIS BOAT WAS HIT BY STRONG WINDS. THE BBC'S HYWEL GRIFFITH REPORTS. A CONFIDENT, CAPABLE SAILOR. THIS WAS ABHILASH TOMY AS HE SET OFF ON THE GOLDEN GLOBE RACE BACK IN JULY. I'M VERY RELIEVED TO BE AT THE START OF THE GOLDEN GLOBE RACE. IT'S HIS SECOND TIME IN THE 30,000-MILE CHALLENGE, WHICH HE COMPLETED BACK IN 2013, BECOMING THE FIRST INDIAN TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE WORLD. BUT ON FRIDAY, HIS YACHT HIT A STORM AND ROLLED 360 DEGREES, BREAKING THE MAST AND LEAVING HIM IN AGONY. IT TRIGGERED A NEW RACE TO REACH THE STRANDED SAILOR, WHO HAS FOUND STILL CONSCIOUS AND ABLE TO TALK. TODAY, JUST A FEW HOURS AGO, THERE WAS AN INDIAN AIRCRAFT, NAVY AIRCRAFT OVERHEAD. A FRENCH FISHERY SURVEILLANCE VESSEL ARRIVED ON SCENE. THEY LAUNCHED TWO ZODIACS, MADE IT TO TOMY. THE CONDITIONS WERE PRETTY GOOD. THERE WERE 2-METRE SEAS, 25-KNOT WINDS. THEY GOT ON BOARD. THEY APPLIED IMMEDIATE FIRST AID TO TOMY AND WERE ABLE THEN TO PUT HIM INTO THE ZODIACS, GET HIM BACK TO THE SHIP. THE RESCUE WAS AN INTERNATIONAL OPERATION, COORDINATED HERE IN AUSTRALIA, SOME 2000 MILES AWAY FROM THE DAMAGED BOAT. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST REMOTE AREAS ON THE PLANET, ALMOST EQUIDISTANT FROM ANY OF THE SEARCH AND RESCUE FACILITIES, SO THE FACT THAT WE GOT SOMETHING THERE AS QUICKLY AS WE HAVE IS REALLY GOOD NEWS. WE HOPE THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME WHEN WE GET THERE. THE RESCUERS ARE NOW TRYING TO REACH IRISH SAILOR GREGOR MCGUCKIN, WHOSE YACHT WAS ALSO DAMAGED IN THE STORM, LEAVING HIM UNABLE TO FINISH THE RACE. BOTH MEN WILL BE TAKEN TO SAFETY ON AMSTERDAM ISLAND. ONLY THEN WILL THE FULL EXTENT OF ABHILASH TOMY'S INJURIES BECOME CLEAR, BUT FOR NOW, THE SAILING FRATERNITY SIMPLY RELIEVED THAT HE'S BEEN FOUND ALIVE. A NEW MACHINE WHICH IT'S HOPED WILL TRANSFORM CANCER TREATMENT HAS BEEN USED FOR THE FIRST TIME ON A PATIENT IN BRITAIN. THE DEVICE ALLOWS DOCTORS TO SEE TUMOURS AS THEY ADMINISTER RADIOTHERAPY TO THEM ` SOMETHING THAT'S NEVER BEEN POSSIBLE BEFORE. THE BBC'S FERGUS WALSH EXPLAINS. THIS IS A TRULY SIGNIFICANT MOMENT IN CANCER TREATMENT, WHICH HAS TAKEN YEARS OF PLANNING AND �10M INVESTMENT. BARRY DOLLING HAS PROSTATE CANCER AND IS ABOUT TO RECEIVE RADIOTHERAPY IN THIS REVOLUTIONARY MACHINE CALLED AN MR LINAC. FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE BODY'S INTERNAL ORGANS CAN BE SCANNED USING MRI WHILE THE PATIENT IS TREATED. THE MACHINE COMBINES TWO VERY DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES. MRI, WHICH USES MAGNETIC FIELDS AND RADIOTHERAPY, WHICH USES X-RAYS. IT HAD TO BE SPECIALLY DESIGNED SO THEY'D WORK TOGETHER. TUMOURS CAN MOVE WHEN PATIENTS BREATHE, SO THE RADIOTHERAPY BEAM HAS TO BE WIDE ENOUGH TO ENSURE ALL THE CANCER IS TREATED. REAL-TIME IMAGING MEANS A NARROWER DOSE CAN BE GIVEN, WITH LESS DAMAGE TO HEALTHY TISSUE. BARRY WILL HAVE 20 OF THESE TREATMENTS. IN FUTURE, PATIENTS MIGHT ONLY NEED FIVE AT HIGHER DOSES, WHICH COULD BE IMPORTANT IN OTHER CANCERS. LUNG CANCER, WE KNOW WE NEED TO GIVE MORE DOSE THAN WE CAN CURRENTLY DO SAFELY TO CURE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CANCERS, BUT THE LUNG CANCER IS OFTEN VERY CLOSE TO OTHER HEALTHY STRUCTURES IN THE CHEST, AND THIS LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF DOSE WE CAN GIVE. SO WITH THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE CANCER MORE CLEARLY AND THE HEALTHY TISSUE AND MAKE SURE OUR RADIATION GOES WHERE IT'S NEEDED AND NOT WHERE IT CAN CAUSE HARM. THE ACCURACY OF RADIOTHERAPY HAS IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY IN RECENT YEARS. NOW THERE COULD BE EVEN FEWER SIDE EFFECTS FOR PATIENTS LIKE BARRY. I FEEL VERY PRIVILEGED, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, AND VERY EXCITED. A SECOND MR LINAC WILL START TREATING PATIENTS AT THE CHRISTIE IN MANCHESTER EARLY NEXT YEAR. THE NHS WILL HAVE TO PRIORITISE THOSE LIKELY TO SEE THE MOST BENEFIT FROM THIS GROUNDBREAKING TREATMENT. TO SPORT, AND THE ALL BLACKS HAVE CONTINUED TO SOAK IN THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF BUENOS AIRES AHEAD OF SUNDAY'S RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP TEST AGAINST ARGENTINA. THE TEAM RESUMED THEIR ACCLIMATISATION AS THEY WORKED UP A SWEAT IN THE GYM. LOOSE FORWARD LUKE WHITELOCK SAYS THE TEAM ARE EAGER TO MAKE AMENDS FOR THEIR DEFEAT TO SOUTH AFRICA. YEAH, IT'S OBVIOUSLY GREAT TO BE HERE. IT'S BEEN AWESOME WEATHER. BOYS ARE INTO THEIR WORK THIS MORNING. COMING OFF A LOSS, THE BOYS HAVE OBVIOUSLY BEEN HURTING, AND JUST TRYING TO GET OUR WEEK RIGHT AND GET A PERFORMANCE WE'RE PROUD OF. THE KIWIS WILL HAVE TO MAKE DO IN NEXT MONTH'S TEST AGAINST THE KANGAROOS WITHOUT FULLBACK ROGER TUIVASA SHECK. IT'S UNDERSTOOD THE WARRIORS SKIPPER WON'T RECOVER IN TIME AFTER RECENT KNEE SURGERY. THE INJURY ANOTHER BLOW FOR COACH MICHAEL MAGUIRE, WHO TODAY HAD TO FIELD QUESTIONS OVER HIS FUTURE AT THE SIDE. WITH REPORTED INTEREST FROM MANLY, MAGUIRE DIDN'T RULE OUT COACHING BOTH TEAMS. IT'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT I WANNA JUMP INTO WHEN THE TIME'S RIGHT. I BELIEVE THAT IT'S GONNA HELP ME, AS I SAID. AND I THINK, MOVING FORWARD` I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT OTHER TEAMS LIKE THE ENGLAND MODEL ` THEY'VE OBVIOUSLY GOT A COACH THAT'S WORKING IN CLUB LAND, AND I GOTTA SAY THE STAFF AROUND THE NEW ZEALAND SETUP IS VERY STRONG. RETIRING MELBOURNE STORM STALWART BILLY SLATER WILL KNOW TODAY WHETHER HE'S PLAYED HIS FINAL GAME IN THE NRL. THE FULLBACK WILL FACE A JUDICIAL HEARING OVER THIS SHOULDER CHARGE DURING MELBOURNE'S WIN OVER CRONULLA. THE INCIDENT'S DIVIDED THE NRL COMMUNITY, WITH PANTHERS BOSS PHIL GOULD ADAMANT SLATER SHOULD BE CLEARED TO PLAY IN THE GRAND FINAL. THE PROBLEM I'VE GOT THAT IF IT'S NOT BILLY SLATER AND IT'S NOT A PRELIMINARY FINAL AND WE'RE NOT LEADING INTO A GRAND FINAL ` I'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN HALF A DOZEN TIMES THIS YEAR, AND NO ONE'S BEEN CHARGED, NOT EVEN PENALISED. NOT EVEN PENALISED. IN FACT, I'VE PROBABLY SEEN IT TWO DOZEN TIMES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SHARKS SKIPPER PAUL GALLEN, MEANWHILE, IS AGAINST ANY LENIENCY. I THINK IF IT HAD HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH BETTER ON THE FIELD, WE WOULDN'T BE IN THIS MESS. WHAT WAS BETTER? MY INITIAL REACTION, WHICH WAS WISHFUL THINKING, I... I MEAN, AT THE TIME, I THOUGHT IT WAS PENALTY TRY. IT'S A DELIBERATE SHOULDER CHARGE IN THE ACT OF SCORING. NOW, HE WASN'T SCORING A TRY, COS HE WASN'T PUTTING THE BALL DOWN. THEN I'D COME BACK AND SAY, 'WELL, HE'S GOTTA GET 10 IN THE BIN.' CROATIA'S LUKA MODRIC HAS ENDED A DECADE OF DOMINANCE BY CRISTIANO RONALDO AND LIONEL MESSI AT THE TOP OF WORLD FOOTBALL. THE WORLD CUP FINALIST AND CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WINNER WAS NAMED WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR AT FIFA'S 'THE BEST' GALA IN LONDON. THE REAL MADRID MIDFIELD MAESTRO EDGED OUT FORMER TEAMMATE CRISTIANO RONALDO AND LIVERPOOL'S MOHAMMAD SALAH. THE EGYPTIAN DIDN'T COME AWAY EMPTY-HANDED, THOUGH, TAKING OUT GOAL OF THE YEAR. A VICTORIOUS TIGER WOODS AND HIS UNITED STATES TEAMMATES HAVE TOUCHED DOWN IN PARIS AHEAD OF THIS WEEKEND'S RYDER CUP. FRESH FROM HIS 80TH TOUR TITLE AND FIRST IN FIVE YEARS, WOODS WILL PLAY ALONGSIDE PHIL MICHELSON AND BUBBA WATSON. EUROPE, WHICH INCLUDES FEDEX CUP WINNER JUSTIN ROSE, WILL BE LOOKING TO AVENGE 2016'S DEFEAT. OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER'S KIWI CENTRE STEVEN ADAMS IS READY TO TIP OFF THE UPCOMING NBA SEASON. THE ROTORUA NATIVE, WELL-KNOWN FOR HIS LAID-BACK DEMEANOUR, SPOKE TO THE PRESS DURING THE PRESEASON MEDIA DAY EVENT THIS MORNING. WHEN ASKED WHETHER HE'D INCORPORATE MORE THREE-POINTERS INTO HIS SHOOTING ARSENAL, ADAMS DIDN'T FAIL TO DISAPPOINT. SHOOT A THREE? MAN: YEAH, MAYBE. NO. WHAT? NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT. MAYBE. JUST` MAYBE. PRE-SEASON? MAYBE TRY IT, I DON'T KNOW. NAH, NAH, I GOTTA SEE, MATE, COS, YEAH, I DON'T WANNA LOSE MY JOB. MM. IT'S TOUGH. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` A RAIN-BEARING FRONTAL CLOUD HOVERS OVER ONE ISLAND. ALL YOUR WEATHER DETAILS AFTER THE BREAK. THE ISLAND SOUNDS OF BILL SEVESI PLAYS ALONGSIDE YOUR AFTERNOON WEATHER. THANKS FOR WATCHING. FROM THE 1NEWS MIDDAY TEAM, E NOHO RA. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY ANTONY VLUG AND ALEX WALKER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018