IT'S MIDDAY. THE PRIME MINISTER IS 'HUGELY DISAPPOINTED' A REPORT INTO MEKA WHAITIRI HAS BEEN LEAKED, AND CONFIRMED AN INVESTIGATION WILL BE LAUNCHED. DONALD TRUMP CHAIRS THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND TAKES AIM AT CHINA FOR TRYING TO INTERFERE IN US ELECTIONS. AND ROGER TUIVASA SHECK MAKES HISTORY AS THE FIRST WARRIORS PLAYER TO EVER RECEIVE THE NRL'S HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL HONOUR. (ALL PERFORM HAKA) CAPTIONS BY TRACEY DAWSON AND ANTONY VLUG. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS SHE'S HUGELY DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THE REPORT INTO THE MEKA WHAITIRI INCIDENT'S BEEN LEAKED. A DRAFT OF THE REPORT LEAKED TO THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD SAYS THE INCIDENT INVOLVING MS WHATIRI ALLEGEDLY LEFT A STAFF MEMBER WITH BRUISING TO THE UPPER RIGHT ARM. IT STATES MS WHAITIRI WAS UNHAPPY BECAUSE SHE HADN'T BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY WITH MS ARDERN DURING A MEDIA STAND-UP IN GISBORNE. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THE FACT SHE STOOD MS WHATIRI DOWN AS A MINISTER INDICATED HER RESPONSE. OBVIOUSLY THE MOMENT THAT I GOT THE REPORT, I MADE MY DECISION. AND OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE WILL ASSESS THAT THAT MEANT THAT OF COURSE I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH WHAT I READ. MS ARDERN SAYS THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS WILL HOLD AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE LEAK. AND THE PRIME MINISTER WAS SPEAKING FROM NEW YORK, WHERE SHE'S ABOUT TO MAKE WHAT'S LIKELY TO BE THE BIGGEST TV APPEARANCE OF HER TRIP ON 'THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT'. SPEAKING TO MEDIA THIS MORNING, IT SEEMS THE FASCINATION OVER BABY NEVE HASN'T GONE AWAY SINCE THE PM ARRIVED AT THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY. AMERICAN JOURNALISTS ASKING MS ARDERN HOW SHE'S COPING DURING HER BUSY VISIT AND IF HER DAUGHTER HAS BEEN A DISTRACTION. HOW'S THAT BEEN HAVING YOUR DAUGHTER HERE? IT'S A NECESSITY. LOOK, I'M A BREASTFEEDING MOTHER, SO I NEED TO KEEP HER ALIVE. SO SHE'S WITH US FOR THE COURSE OF THIS TRIP, AND I'M COMBINING MY ROLE AS A MUM AND ALSO AS A LEADER, AND IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE TO DO BOTH. EARLIER SHE ALSO MET WITH BOTH THE CHILEAN AND CANADIAN LEADERS TO TALK TRADE. US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS ACCUSED CHINA OF MEDDLING IN THE UPCOMING MID-TERM ELECTIONS DURING A MEETING OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL. MR TRUMP SAYS IT'S IN RESPONSE TO THE WAY HE'S CHALLENGING CHINA ON TRADE. THE BBC'S NICK BRYANT REPORTS. FOR THE SECOND DAY RUNNING, IT WAS A CASE OF AMERICA LATE, RATHER THAN AMERICA FIRST. THE US PRESIDENT LEAVING WORLD LEADERS WAITING, DEFYING THE NORMS OF DIPLOMATIC PROTOCOL. THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL IS THE CLOSEST THING IN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY TO A CORPORATE BOARD ROOM. AND TODAY DONALD TRUMP WAS IN THE CHAIR. HE CALLED THIS MEETING TO FOCUS ON IRAN, BUT THEN TOOK EVERYONE BY SURPRISE WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY ATTACK ON CHINA. REGRETTABLY, WE FOUND THAT CHINA HAS BEEN ATTEMPTING TO INTERFERE IN OUR UPCOMING 2018 ELECTION. I AM THE FIRST PRESIDENT EVER TO CHALLENGE CHINA ON TRADE. AND WE ARE WINNING ON TRADE. THE STARTLED CHINESE DELEGATION HELD AN EMERGENCY HUDDLE. I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF CHINA. TRANSLATOR: WE DID NOT AND WILL NOT INTERFERE IN ANY COUNTRY'S DOMESTIC AFFAIRS. WE REFUSE TO ACCEPT ANY UNWARRANTED ACCUSATIONS AGAINST CHINA. AND WHAT MADE THIS ALL THE MORE REMARKABLE WAS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE NO CRITICISM OF RUSSIA FOR ITS MEDDLING IN THE 2016 ELECTION. PRESIDENT PUTIN WILL BE DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT. A TRADE DISPUTE BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND BEIJING HAS BEEN WIDENED BY DONALD TRUMP TO INCLUDE A FIGHT OVER ELECTION INTERFERENCE. IN A SETTING DESIGNED TO EASE INTERNATIONAL TENSIONS, WE'VE SEEN THEM INTENSIFY THIS WEEK BETWEEN THE WORLD'S TWO MOST POWERFUL NATIONS. AND THAT WASN'T ALL MR TRUMP HAD TO SAY. THE PRESIDENT HELD A MAMMOTH PRESS CONFERENCE, FOLLOWING THE SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING, ADDRESSING ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST HIS NOMINEE FOR THE US SUPREME COURT, BRETT KAVANAUGH. A THIRD ACCUSER HAS NOW COME FORWARD AGAINST MR KAVANAUGH, WHO IS DUE TO TESTIFY AGAINST SOME OF THE CLAIMS TOMORROW. THE ABC'S CECILIA VEGA HAS THIS. WITH HIS SUPREME COURT NOMINEE IN PERIL, TONIGHT ABC'S JONATHAN KARL ASKED PRESIDENT TRUMP ABOUT BRETT KAVANAUGH'S THREE ACCUSERS. MR PRESIDENT, THERE ARE NOW THREE WOMEN ACCUSING JUDGE KAVANAUGH OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT. ARE YOU SAYING THAT ALL THREE OF THOSE WOMEN ARE LIARS? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT COULD BE SAID AT THIS MEETING... YEAH. ...TOMORROW THAT COULD CAUSE YOU TO WITHDRAW THE NOMINATION. ANYTHING AT ALL` I WON'T GET INTO THAT GAME. I ONLY TELL YOU THIS. THIS IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY PEOPLE THAT I'VE EVER MET. AND EVERYBODY THAT KNOWS HIM SAYS THE SAME THING. MR PRESIDENT, IF I COULD FOLLOW UP, YOU HAVE DAUGHTERS. CAN YOU UNDERSTAND WHY A VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT WOULD NOT REPORT IT AT THE TIME. DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? BY THE WAY, I ONLY SAY THIS, 36 YEARS, NO CHARGE, NO NOTHING. BUT THAT HAPPENS OFTEN WHEN` PEOPLE ARE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION. 36 YEARS, THERE'S NO CHARGE. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE HEARINGS ARE OVER, AND THE RUMOURS START COMING OUT. STILL, THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE WILL BE WATCHING WHEN CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD TELLS HER STORY TO CONGRESS TOMORROW, AND HE NOW SAYS HE'S KEEPING AN OPEN MIND. I'M GONNA SEE WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW. I'M GONNA BE WATCHING. YOU KNOW, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. I CAN ALWAYS BE CONVINCED. I HAVE TO HEAR IT. AND THE PRESIDENT SAYS EVEN IF HE REPLACES KAVANAUGH WITH A WOMAN, SHE COULD FACE ACCUSATIONS TOO. BUT I COULD PICK A... WOMAN, AND SHE COULD HAVE CHARGES MADE FROM MANY YEARS AGO ALSO. BUT TODAY HE SAID HIS OWN EXPERIENCE INFLUENCES HOW HE SEES THE CURRENT SITUATION. IT DOES IMPACT MY OPINION. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE I'VE HAD A LOT OF FALSE CHARGES MADE AGAINST ME. I'M A VERY FAMOUS PERSON. BUT I'VE HAD A LOT OF FALSE CHARGES MADE AGAINST ME. REALLY FALSE CHARGES. I KNOW FRIENDS THAT HAVE HAD FALSE CHARGES. PEOPLE WANT FAME. THEY WANT MONEY. ONE OF THE MEN BELIEVED TO BE BEHIND THE POISONING OF A FORMER RUSSIAN SPY AND HIS DAUGHTER IN THE BRITISH TOWN OF SALISBURY HAS BEEN REPORTEDLY IDENTIFIED AS A DECORATED RUSSIAN COLONEL. RUSLAN BOSHIROV AND ALEXANDER PETROV ALLEGEDLY POISONED SERGEI AND YULIA SKRIPAL WITH THE TOXIC NERVE AGENT NOVICHOK IN MARCH. THE BBC'S GORDON CORRERA HAS THE LATEST. RUSLAN BOSHIROV ` THAT'S WHO THIS MAN SAID HE WAS WHEN HE ARRIVED IN THE UK IN MARCH. AND THIS IS HIM IN A 2009 PASSPORT APPLICATION. BUT THIS IS WHO HE'S BELIEVED TO REALLY BE ` ANATOLY CHEPIGA, A COLONEL IN RUSSIAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. SO WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ANATOLY CHEPIGA? THE PASSPORT APPLICATION SAYS HE WAS BORN IN 1978 AND LINKS HIM TO THE RUSSIAN MILITARY. HE'S THOUGHT TO HAVE SERVED IN CHECHNYA, AND WAS AWARDED THE COUNTRY'S HIGHEST DECORATION, 'HERO OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION', USUALLY BESTOWED PERSONALLY BY PRESIDENT PUTIN. AT SOME POINT IT'S BELIEVED HE JOINED RUSSIAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE, THE G.R.U., AND ROSE TO BE A COLONEL, ALSO ADOPTING THE IDENTITY OF RUSLAN BOSHIROV. USING THAT NAME, HE AND ANOTHER MAN CALLING HIMSELF ALEXANDER PETROV FLEW TO BRITAIN ON MARCH 2ND THIS YEAR. ON MARCH 4TH, CCTV CAPTURED THEM IN SALISBURY, HEADING IN THE DIRECTION OF SERGEI SKRIPAL'S HOUSE. POLICE BELIEVE THIS PERFUME BOTTLE WAS USED TO SMEAR NOVICHOK NERVE AGENT ON HIS DOOR HANDLE. THAT LED TO SKRIPAL AND HIS DAUGHTER FALLING ILL, AND THREE MONTHS LATER TO DAWN STURGESS DYING AFTER THE PERFUME BOTTLE WAS FOUND. TWO WEEKS AGO, THEY APPEARED ON STATE-FUNDED RUSSIAN TV DENYING THEY WERE SPIES. TODAY, SPEAKING AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK, THE PRIME MINISTER RESTATED THE BRITISH POSITION THAT THESE WERE TWO MEN ACTING ON ORDERS FROM ABOVE. THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS PRESENTED DETAILED EVIDENCE, CLEARLY LAID OUT IN CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AND THE USE AND POSSESSION OF A CHEMICAL WEAPON, AGAINST TWO AGENTS OF THE RUSSIAN STATE. IN RESPONSE, RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAID THERE'D BEEN AN INCREASE IN WHAT HE CALLED 'UNSUBSTANTIATED RHETORIC', AND HE SAID THE UK WAS STUBBORNLY AVOIDING A JOINT INVESTIGATION. BUT WITH RUSLAN BOSHIROV APPARENTLY IDENTIFIED AS A DECORATED COLONEL, THE RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF SALISBURY IS AGAIN BEING CHALLENGED, AND THE EVIDENCE THAT THE ATTEMPT ON SERGEI SKRIPAL'S LIFE WAS AN INTELLIGENCE OPERATION AUTHORISED AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS IS GROWING. MEANWHILE, A RUSSIAN ACTIVIST WHO INVADED THE PITCH DURING THIS SUMMER'S WORLD CUP FINAL AND LATER FELL ILL HAS ACCUSED VLADIMIR PUTIN'S GOVERNMENT OF POISONING HIM. THE MEMBER OF THE ANTI KREMLIN GROUP PUSSY RIOT IS NOW RECOVERING IN GERMANY AND HAS SPOKEN EXCLUSIVELY TO THE BBC'S JENNY HILL. PUSSY RIOT KNOWS HOW TO STEAL THE LIMELIGHT. PROTESTS, STUNTS AIMED AT EXPOSING WHAT THEY SAY IS THE REALITY OF RUSSIA UNDER PUTIN. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A STOPPAGE NOW. NOW, THEY'RE BACK IN THE HEADLINES. ONE OF THE ACTIVISTS WHO INVADED THE PITCH AT THIS YEAR'S WORLD CUP SAYS HE'S BEEN POISONED. I REMEMBER BEING SICK AND LOSING MY EYESIGHT IN A WEIRD WAY. AND AFTER THAT, IT'S LIKE A BLACK HOLE IN THE TERMS THAT I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT HAS HAPPENED. AND WHO DO YOU BELIEVE WAS RESPONSIBLE? IT'S MOST LIKELY RUSSIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT. IT'S A QUESTION ON WHICH SIDE. NO PROOF YET TO DETERMINE WHO DID THIS, AND DOCTORS IN BERLIN FOUND NO TRACE OF POISON, BUT THEY CONFIRM PYOTR'S SYMPTOMS WERE MOST LIKELY CAUSED BY A DRUG WHICH AFFECTS THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. DO YOU THINK VLADIMIR PUTIN HAD KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? THE THING THAT WORKS IN RUSSIA, VLADIMIR PUTIN, HE DOESN'T GIVE THE FINAL APPROVAL TO, IN HIS EYES, SUCH SMALL ACTIONS AS THIS, BUT HE DEFINITELY CREATES AN ATMOSPHERE. HE CREATES AN ATMOSPHERE WHERE SUCH PARAMILITARY GROUPS, AGENCIES DO WHAT THEY CAN DO, SO IT GENERALLY FALLS INTO THE LINE WHICH HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY VLADIMIR PUTIN. AND WHY YOU? I AM INTRIGUED AS TO WHY THEY WOULD PICK ON AN ACTIVIST LIKE YOURSELF, A YOUNG MAN, WHO` CAN HE REALLY BE DESCRIBED AS A THORN IN VLADIMIR PUTIN'S SIDE? WELL, WE DON'T REALLY MAKE A DECISION LIKE THAT. COS OBVIOUSLY THE ACTIONS WE DO, THEY ARE... AS LOUD AS ANYTHING HAPPENING IN RUSSIA. FOR THEM, IT IS QUITE A BIG DEAL, AND OBVIOUSLY THEY THINK OF WAYS TO COUNTERBALANCE THAT. WELLINGTON'S REGIONAL COUNCIL BOSSES HAVE FRONTED UP TO MPs AT PARLIAMENT FOR A 'PLEASE EXPLAIN' OVER THE CITY'S DISASTROUS BUS NETWORK CHANGES. THEY'VE PROMISED TO MAKE SURE IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE WITHIN EIGHT WEEKS. CABINET HAS APPROVED A $35 LEVY TO TOURISTS VISITING NEW ZEALAND. THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM ESTIMATES $80M WILL BE BROUGHT IN ANNUALLY WITH THE LEVY AND WILL GO TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONSERVATIONAL PROJECTS. THE LEVY WILL BE COLLECTED THROUGH VISA FEES. LEGISLATION WILL BE PASSED NEXT YEAR. IT MIGHT STILL BE MORE THAN TWO MONTHS AWAY, BUT THE CHRISTMAS SEASON HAS BEGUN EARLY FOR THE DEFENCE FORCE. VOLUNTEERS FROM THE RETURNED SERVICES ASSOCIATION AND LOCAL SCHOOLS HAVE THIS MORNING HELPED PACKAGE UP PRESENTS FOR THOSE SERVING OVERSEAS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THEY MAY NOT BE POPULAR WITH DONALD TRUMP, BUT WHAT ARE CHINA MILITARY PERSONNEL UP TO IN AUSTRALIA? AND ROGER TUIVASA SHECK IS NAMED THE NRL'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR. WE'LL HAVE THE EMOTIONAL RESPONSE FROM HIS TEAMMATES AFTER THE BREAK. THE RESERVE BANK'S LEFT THE OFFICIAL CASH RATE UNCHANGED ON 1.75% THIS MORNING. THE DECISION COMES AMID OF SLEW OF CONTRADICTORY ECONOMIC NEWS. BUSINESS CONFIDENCE REMAINS AT RECORD LOWS DESPITE BETTER THAN EXPECTED GDP GROWTH. AN ECONOMIST FOR THE COUNCIL OF TRADE UNIONS SAYS JOBS ARE PLENTIFUL, BUT EMPLOYERS NEED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY. IF THEY DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE TRENDS OF LOW PAY, THERE WILL BE DEMORALISATION SETTING IN. THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR PRODUCTIVITY. RESEARCHERS IN AUSTRALIA HAVE DEVELOPED A UV INK THAT CHANGES COLOUR WHEN EXPOSED TO HIGH LEVELS OF UV RAYS. IT HAS THE ABILITY TO BE PRINTED ON TO BRACELETS AND WRISTBANDS. THE CANCER SOCIETY SAY IT'S YET TO BE PROVEN HOW EFFECTIVE THE TOOL IS, BUT INNOVATION WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTING OUR SKIN IS IMPORTANT. IT'S ONLY USEFUL IF WE CONTINUALLY MONITOR IT WHEN WE ARE IN THE SUN. PEOPLE WITH FAIR COMPLEXIONS CAN BE SUNBURNED WITHIN 15 MINUTES OF BEING EXPOSED WITH UV. CHINA'S CONNECTIONS WITH THE PACIFIC ARE DEEPENING AS THEY COSY UP WITH THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY ACROSS THE DITCH. THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY HAS TAKEN TO SYDNEY HARBOUR. BUT ITS MISSION WAS FRIENDSHIP, NOT WAR, AND ITS VESSELS KAYAKS, NOT SHIPS. CHANNEL NINE'S JAYNE AZZOPARDI EXPLAINS. THEY'RE NOT YOUR AVERAGE TOURISTS, AND THIS WAS NOT THE BEST DAY FOR A LEISURELY KAYAK ON SYDNEY HARBOUR ` ESPECIALLY WHEN THE TRAINING EXERCISE MEANS CAPSIZING INTO ICY WATER, AND GETTING BACK UPRIGHT REQUIRES WORKING WITH SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE. TRUST IS THE BASIS OF OUR MILITARIES AROUND THE WORLD. AND THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT ARE GAINED THROUGH DOING THINGS SUCH AS ADVENTURE TRAINING BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. EXERCISE PANDAROO BEGAN WITH A TRADITIONAL WELCOME IN CANBERRA LAST WEEK. THE SOLDIERS BUILT TRUST IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS BEFORE A 60KM PADDLE DOWN THE NEW SOUTH WALES COAST. IT'S A FAR CRY FROM THE WAR GAMES OF EXERCISE KAKADU EARLIER THIS MONTH, WHERE CHINA'S NAVY JOINED OURS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE LARGEST MILITARY DRILL OF ITS KIND. IT ALL COMES AS BOTH GOVERNMENTS SEEK TO REBUILD THEIR RELATIONSHIP AFTER A PERIOD OF TENSION. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP FOR AUSTRALIA, IT'S AN IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP FOR THE REGION, AND I THINK WE'VE ALWAYS PLAYED A VERY CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE. WHILE TODAY'S WEATHER ISN'T EXACTLY WHAT TOURISM BROCHURES ARE MADE OF, THIS MILITARY EXERCISE IS A P.R. EVENT IN ITS OWN WAY, WITH THE CHINESE MEDIA HERE BEAMING THESE IMAGES BACK TO A POTENTIAL AUDIENCE OF MORE THAN 1.3 BILLION PEOPLE. OBVIOUSLY, THE CHINA-AUSTRALIA RELATION IS PRETTY BUMPY RIGHT NOW. AND OF COURSE, PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION. THE TOP BRASS HOPES THEY'LL BE FOCUSED ON FRIENDSHIPS. ALL: PANDAROO! TOMORROW, AMERICAN FOOTBALL VIEWERS WILL HAVE THE CHOICE TO WATCH THE NFL WITH AN ALL FEMALE COMMENTARY TEAM, IN A PREDOMINANTLY MALE DOMINATED FIELD. BROADCASTERS INSIST IT'S NOT A GIMMICK. THE ABC'S MARCI GONZALEZ REPORTS. THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MAN'S WORLD. TOUCHDOWN! BUT NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER TO WOMEN WILL BE AT THE HELM CALLING NFL GAMES. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT'S TWO WOMEN, AND IT'S WONDERFUL. VETERAN SPORTS BROADCASTERS WILL BE TEAMED UP TO ANNOUNCE ALL 11 THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAMES THIS SEASON AIRING ON ITS STREAMING SERVICE. THEY DIDN'T SET OUT TO DO A GIRLS BROADCAST,, THEY SET OUT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, TO GIVE AN OPTION TO THEIR LISTENERS. STORM HAS BEEN A BROADCAST OF A THREE DECADES. KREMER HAS COVERED 25 SUPER BOWL'S. BOTH WOMEN ADDING A NEW GROUNDBREAKING ACCOMPLISHMENT TO ALREADY IMPRESSIVE RESUMES. IT IS HISTORIC. I LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN IT IS NOTED BUT NOT NEWS. THE ALL BLACKS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO MAKE A LATE CHANGE TO THE 23 TO BE NAMED LATER TODAY TO FACE ARGENTINA ON SUNDAY. 19-TEST UTILITY BACK DAMIAN MCKENZIE HAS LEFT BUENOS AIRES TO RETURN HOME FOLLOWING A FAMILY BEREAVEMENT. THAT MEANS RICHIE MO'UNGA IS LIKELY TO SEE GAME TIME AGAINST THE PUMAS FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS SEASON. MCKENZIE IS DUE TO RE-JOIN THE SQUAD IN SOUTH AFRICA NEXT WEEK. ROGER TUIVASA SHECK HAS CREATED RUGBY LEAGUE HISTORY, BECOMING THE FIRST WARRIOR TO BE AWARDED THE DALLY M MEDAL. THE FULLBACK CLINCHING THE NRL'S TOP INDIVIDUAL PRIZE AT A GALA IN SYDNEY LAST NIGHT. VICTOR WATERS REPORTS. THE WARRIOR OF WARRIORS FIGHTING BACK THE TEARS. (BOTH CHANT HAKA) BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND CLUB TEAMMATES PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE WARRIORS' FIRST EVER DALLY M RECIPIENT. ROGER TUIVASA SHECK JUST THE THIRD NEW ZEALANDER TO CLAIM THE NRL'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS INDIVIDUAL ACCOLADE. YEAH, I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I CAME TO THESE AWARDS, IT WAS 2013, AND COOPER CRONK WON THE DALLY M AWARD AND I REMEMBER SITTING THERE, JUST THINKING, 'MAN, IT WOULD BE A DREAM.' IT WOULD BE A DREAM TO WIN THIS AWARD, AND NOT KNOWING THAT WAS EVEN REAL. THE AWARD RECOGNITION FOR THE WARRIORS CAPTAIN WHO LED THE CLUB TO THEIR FIRST FINALS APPEARANCE IN SEVENS YEARS. AFTER A DIFFICULT FIRST FEW SEASONS AT MT SMART, THE FULLBACK WAS QUICK TO PRAISE HIS TROOPS. TO THE PLAYERS, MAN, YOU PUSHED ME EVERY DAY AND TURNING UP AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE WEREN'T GOING SO WELL, YOU GUYS WERE THERE AND YOU'RE BUZZING. THE NRL'S FULLBACK OF THE YEAR CLINCHED THE AWARD BY JUST TWO POINTS, SIDE-STEPPING NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS YOUNGSTER KALYN PONGA IN THE FINAL ROUND OF VOTING. BUT THE CELEBRATIONS DIDN'T END THERE FROM THE WARRIORS. A SHELL-SHOCKED JAZZ TEVAGA EARNING A SPOT AS AN INTERCHANGE FOR THE TEAM OF THE YEAR. JAZZ, MAKE YOUR WAY UP. WHAT ARE YOU HIDING FOR? DESPITE BEING THE NEXT IN LINE TO TAKE OVER THE NUMBER NINE JERSEY, TEVAGA MAY HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE LONGER. HOOKER ISSAC LUKE ALL BUT CONFIRMING HE'S KEEN TO STAY IN AUCKLAND. MY MANAGER IS DOING EVERYTHING HE CAN TO GET UP A REALLY GOOD CONTRACT. AND SAYING THAT, YEAH, I'M HAPPY WHERE I AM, AND OBVIOUSLY I WANT TO STAY. VICTOR WATERS, 1 NEWS. HAWKE'S BAY HAVE CLAIMED A 14-TRY THRILLER TO BEAT NORTHLAND IN THE PROVINCIAL RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP. DOWN AT HALFTIME, THE MAGPIES PILED ON THE POINTS AFTER THE BREAK TO TAKE THE WIN 55 POINTS TO 41. THE VICTORY ALL BUT SECURES HAWKE'S BAY A SPOT IN THE SECOND TIER SEMI-FINALS. TWO LATE GOALS HAS COMPLETED A REMARKABLE TURNAROUND FOR CHELSEA IN THE ENGLISH LEAGUE CUP. THE BLUES KNOCKED OUT LIVERPOOL IN A FRENETIC COME-FROM-BEHIND 2-1 VICTORY TO MOVE INTO THE CUP'S FOURTH ROUND. THE BBC'S PATRICK GEARY HAS THE STORY. HISTORICALLY, THE MANAGERS OF LIVERPOOL AND CHELSEA HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN FRIENDLY, BUT THE RESPECT BETWEEN THESE TWO IS SUCH THAT MAURIZIO SARRI WAS PREPARED TO ADMIT LIVERPOOL ARE A STEP AHEAD OF HIS SIDE. AND YET, THE REDS' DEFENCE FOUND THEMSELVES SEVERAL STRIDES BEHIND ALVARO MORATA HERE. THAT, THOUGH, THE FINISH OF A MAN OUT OF THE HABIT. IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE. SAME END, SECOND HALF, AND CHELSEA ACCIDENTALLY SET UP DANIEL STURRIDGE, WHO ACCIDENTALLY DID THAT. WHEN EVEN YOUR BOSS IS CRINGING, IT'S BEST TO MOVE ON. 12 MINUTES LATER, HERE WAS STURRIDGE'S NEXT CHANCE ` A TOUGHER CHANCE. A GOAL OF BELIEF AND RELIEF. LIVERPOOL HEADING FOR THEIR SEVENTH WIN IN A ROW, BUT CHELSEA HAD BEEN WORKING UP TO SOMETHING. THIS WAS EMERSON'S FIRST GOAL FOR THE CLUB, BUT WAS IT OFFSIDE? OVER TO V.A.R. ` REMEMBER THAT? THE GOAL STOOD. THE GAME WOULD BE DECIDED NOT BY TECHNOLOGY BUT BY ARTISTRY. EDEN HAZARD TOOK ON LIVERPOOL ALONE AND WON 2-1. A GOAL WHICH WILL BE WATCHED AGAIN AND A MATCH THAT WILL BE PLAYED AGAIN AT STAMFORD BRIDGE ON SATURDAY. CYCLIST PATRICK BEVIN'S BECOME THE FIRST KIWI TO CRACK THE TOP 10 OF THE MEN'S TIME TRIAL EVENT AT THE ROAD CYCLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN AUSTRIA. BEVIN PUT IN A STRONG PERFORMANCE ON THE GRUELLING 52KM TREK TO FINISH EIGHTH. BUT THE 27-YEAR-OLD WASN'T ABLE TO CATCH THE GOLD MEDALLIST, ROHAN DENNIS. THE AUSSIES FINISHED A LITTLE OVER 2� MINUTES AHEAD OF BEVIN. UNITED STATES RYDER CUP CAPTAIN JIM FURYK HAS POURED COLD WATER OVER SPECULATION TIGER WOODS COULD PAIR UP WITH PHIL MICKELSON. THE TWO VETERAN GOLFERS ENJOYED A HIT OUT AHEAD OF THIS WEEKEND'S EVENT YESTERDAY, SPARKING TALK THEY COULD BE PARTNERED TOGETHER. BUT THE TEAM USA CAPTAIN WARNED FANS NOT TO HOLD THEIR BREATH. I MEAN, I GUESS NOTHING'S OUT OF THE REALM. THEY DID PLAY SOME GOLF YESTERDAY. I THINK THEY BOTH MENTIONED THAT IT WOULD BE A LOT BETTER PAIRING THAN IT WAS IN THE PAST. I'M NOT REALLY FROM TEXAS, SO WE DON'T WEAR A LOT OF TEN-GALLON HATS IN PENNSYLVANIA. BUT, UH, I WON'T EVER SAY IT COULDN'T HAPPEN, BUT IT'S PROBABLY NOT TOO LIKELY. 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 ` PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN SAYS AN INVESTIGATION WILL BE LAUNCHED AFTER A REPORT INTO MEKA WHAITIRI WAS LEAKED. AND WARRIORS CAPTAIN ROGER TUIVASA SHECK WAS BEEN AWARDED THE DALLY M MEDAL AS THE NRL'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAY. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY TRACEY DAWSON AND ANTONY VLUG.