TONIGHT, OUR PRIME MINISTER IMPRESSES WORLD LEADERS AS SHE ADDRESSES THE UNITED NATIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME. BUT WHAT EXACTLY DOES SHE THINK OF DONALD TRUMP? AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED TO GIVE THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO A HIGH COUNTRY STATION ON LAKE HAWEA OWNED BY AMERICAN TV PERSONALITY MATT LAUER. AND THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF HUMANS ON ORCAS. A CHEMICAL LEACHING INTO BRITISH WATERS IS PUTTING THE MAMMALS AT SERIOUS RISK. CAPTIONS BY CATHERINE DE CHALAIN AND ELLA WHEELER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. AT HER MAIDEN ADDRESS TO THE UNITED NATIONS, OUR PRIME MINISTER HAS CALLED FOR COUNTRIES TO UNITE TO FIGHT NATIONALISM, RACISM AND INEQUALITY. IT WAS A STARK CONTRAST TO THE ADDRESS BY DONALD TRUMP JUST DAYS EARLIER AT THE UN. BUT AS OUR US CORRESPONDENT REBECCA WRIGHT REPORTS, JACINDA ARDERN WON'T BE DRAWN ON HER OPINION OF THE US PRESIDENT. JACINDA ARDERN TAKING THE FLOOR,... E NGA MANA NUI O NGA WHENUA O TE AU. TENA KOUTOU KATOA. ...AND CHALLENGING THE KIND OF UNILATERALISM AND PATRIOTISM PROMOTED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM THE SAME PODIUM DAYS BEFORE. WE CAN USE THE ENVIRONMENT TO BLAME NAMELESS, FACELESS OTHER, TO FEED THE SENSE OF INSECURITY, TO RETREAT INTO GREATER LEVELS OF ISOLATIONISM OR WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE AND WE CAN SEEK TO FIX THEM. ARDERN CALLING OUT DARK AND DIVISIVE POLITICS AND OFFERING HER OWN WAY FORWARD. IN THE FACE OF ISOLATIONISM, PROTECTIONISM, RACISM, THE SIMPLE CONCEPT OF LOOKING OUTWARDLY AND BEYOND OURSELVES, OF KINDNESS AND COLLECTIVISM. HER SPEECH A CLEAR REBUKE OF THIS ADMINISTRATION'S AMERICA FIRST BRAND OF FOREIGN POLICY, BUT THE PRIME MINISTER RELUCTANT TO NAME THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. PRIME MINISTER, I DON'T THINK I'VE HEARD YOU SAY PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NAME IN THE ENTIRE TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN HERE. IS THAT A STRATEGY ON YOUR BEHALF? I'M HERE TO REPRESENT NZ. IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT ONE OTHER LEADER. (CHUCKLES) BUT THE PRESIDENT DOES LOOM LARGE OVER THE UNITED NATIONS AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS, SO DOES THE PRIME MINISTER LIKE DONALD TRUMP? I DON'T KNOW DONALD TRUMP ` I DON'T KNOW HIM PERSONALLY OR AS AN INDIVIDUAL; I KNOW THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. DO YOU LIKE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES? OH, LOOK, I DON'T THINK THAT ANYONE COMES TO THE UNITED NATIONS FOR A POPULARITY CONTEST. WE COME HERE TO PRESENT OUR NATION'S VIEWS, AND I HOPE I'VE DONE THAT. MANY OF THE WORLD'S LEADERS HAVE ALREADY LEFT NEW YORK, MEANING THE PRIME MINISTER ADDRESSED A MUCH SMALLER CROWD; HER SPEECH ALSO CANVASSING CLIMATE CHANGE, TRADE AND UN REFORM, BUT IT WAS WHEN SHE SPOKE ABOUT WOMEN'S RIGHTS THAT THE ROOM LIT UP WITH RARE APPLAUSE. I, FOR ONE, WILL NEVER CELEBRATE THE GAINS WE HAVE MADE FOR WOMEN DOMESTICALLY WHILE INTERNATIONALLY, OTHER WOMEN AND GIRLS EXPERIENCE A LACK OF THE MOST BASIC OPPORTUNITIES AND DIGNITY. ME TOO MUST BECOME WE TOO. (APPLAUSE) THE LINE A LATE ADDITION TO THE SPEECH THAT THE PM CRAFTED HERSELF. YES, IN THE CAR. (LAUGHS) IT'S LATE ENOUGH THAT ACTUALLY IT WASN'T IN THE PROMPTER ` JUST SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT, THAT SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE. ARDERN'S RESPONSIBILITY NOW IS TO SHOW NEW ZEALAND AND THE WORLD THAT HER KINDER BRAND OF POLITICS WORKS. US CORRESPONDENT REBECCA WRIGHT WITH THAT REPORT THERE FROM NEW YORK. STAYING IN THE US ` AND IN THE COMING HOURS SENATORS WILL BE VOTING ON WHETHER TO APPOINT DONALD TRUMP'S PICK FOR THE SUPREME COURT. BRETT KAVANAUGH HAS BEEN A CONTROVERSIAL CHOICE. TODAY HE MADE AN EMOTIONAL TESTIMONY BEFORE A SENATE PANEL TO DEFEND HIS NAME AND RECORD. THAT'S AFTER A WOMAN ACCUSED HIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT WHEN HE WAS 17. SHE TOO WAS QUESTIONED BY THE SENATE TODAY, IN A TESTIMONY THAT HAS TRANSFIXED AND DIVIDED THE NATION. IT'S BEEN TWO WEEKS SINCE CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD'S ALLEGATIONS AGAINST SUPREME COURT JUDGE NOMINEE BRETT KAVANAUGH WENT PUBLIC. THE SLANGING MATCH BETWEEN THE TWO CAMPS HAS BEEN BOTH BRUTAL AND PERSONAL. NOW IN A PACKED SENATE COMMITTEE ROOM, THE 51-YEAR-OLD PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR WAS FIRST TO TESTIFY. I AM HERE TODAY NOT BECAUSE I WANT TO BE ` I AM TERRIFIED ` I AM HERE BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT IS MY CIVIC DUTY. SHE THEN REVEALED THE DISTRESSING EVENTS AT A PARTY 30 YEARS AGO, AS A 15-YEAR-OLD, PUSHED INTO A BEDROOM, THE DOOR LOCKED BEHIND HER. I WAS PUSHED ON TO THE BED, AND BRETT GOT ON TOP OF ME. HE BEGAN RUNNING HIS HANDS OVER MY BODY AND GRINDING INTO ME. I BELIEVED HE WAS GOING TO RAPE ME. I TRIED TO YELL FOR HELP. WHEN I DID, BRETT PUT HIS HAND OVER MY MOUTH TO STOP ME FROM YELLING. THIS IS WHAT TERRIFIED ME THE MOST, AND IT'S HAS HAD THE MOST LASTING IMPACT ON MY LIFE. SHE THEN SPOKE OF THE TOLL THIS HAS TAKEN SINCE GOING PUBLIC. MY FAMILY AND I HAVE BEEN THE TARGET OF CONSTANT HARASSMENT AND DEATH THREATS, AND I HAVE BEEN CALLED THE MOST VILE AND HATEFUL NAMES IMAGINABLE. CRITICS HAVE ARGUED SHE WAS MISTAKEN OVER JUST WHO ATTACKED HER ` A QUESTION ASKED AGAIN AND AGAIN. WITH WHAT DEGREE OF CERTAINTY DO YOU BELIEVE BRETT KAVANAUGH ASSAULTED YOU? 100%. NEXT IT WAS THE JUDGE WHO WOULD BE JUDGED, AN INDIGNANT BRETT KAVANAUGH CAME OUT SWINGING. MY FAMILY AND MY NAME HAVE BEEN TOTALLY AND PERMANENTLY DESTROYED. I'M HERE TODAY TO TELL THE TRUTH. I'VE NEVER SEXUALLY ASSAULTED ANYONE ` NOT IN HIGH SCHOOL, NOT IN COLLEGE; NOT EVER. THE MAN FIGHTING TO SAVE HIS JUDICIAL CAREER BLASTED THE DEMOCRATS, SAYING THEY'RE INTENT ON TAKING HIM DOWN. THIS WHOLE TWO-WEEK EFFORT HAS BEEN A CALCULATED AND ORCHESTRATED POLITICAL HIT FUELLED WITH APPARENT PENT-UP ANGER ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE 2016 ELECTION. KAVANAUGH VOWING HE WON'T QUIT. PRESIDENT TRUMP RETURNED TO WASHINGTON TODAY REPORTEDLY GLUED TO THE COVERAGE AND STICKING BY HIS MAN, BUT REMAINING UNUSUALLY TIGHT LIPPED. THE PRESIDENT'S REJECTING CALLS FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO KAVANAUGH'S PAST. TWO OTHER WOMEN HAVE ALSO MADE SEXUAL-MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS ` MR TRUMP DETERMINED MORE THAN EVER TO HAVE HIS CONTROVERSIAL LAWMAN INSTALLED INTO THE COUNTRY'S HIGHEST COURT. KAVANAUGH'S FUTURE WILL BE DECIDED THIS WEEKEND. PAUL HOBBS, 1 NEWS. US TV PERSONALITY MATT LAUER'S REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION TO ALLOW PUBLIC ACCESS TO HIS HIGH COUNTRY STATION AT LAKE HAWEA. THE DEAL FORMALISES WHICH PARTS OF THE LAND PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO, AND HOW THEY CAN GO ABOUT IT. LISA DAVIES EXPLAINS. ACCESS TO THIS CONSERVATION JEWEL, THE HAWEA CONSERVATION PARK, NOW GUARANTEED. I SEE IT AS A POSITIVE THING THAT GIVES CLARITY ON ACCESS, SO I SEE THAT AS IMPROVING ACCESS TO HAWEA CONSERVATION PARK AND HUNTER VALLEY. MATT LAUER, THE FORMER ANCHOR OF NBC'S TODAY SHOW, BOUGHT THE LEASE TO HUNTER VALLEY STATION FOR $13M LAST YEAR. HIS LAWYER SAYS PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE LAND WAS NEVER IN QUESTION. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MISINFORMATION IN THE PUBLIC ARENA ABOUT ACCESS AND HOW YOU CAN ARRANGE ACCESS AND WHAT ARE THE TERMS OF ACCESS, SO WE AGREED WITH DOC TO PUT THAT INTO AN AGREEMENT. HUNTER VALLEY STATION IS NEARLY 6500 HECTARES OF PASTURE LAND ON THE BANKS OF LAKE HAWEA. RUNNING THROUGH IT IS THE 45KM TRACK GIVING ACCESS TO THE HAWEA CONSERVATION AREA, WHICH HAS BEEN AT THE CENTRE OF THE NEGOTIATION. AS PART OF THE DEAL, SIX 4WD VEHICLES WILL BE PERMITTED TO USE THE FARM TRACK EACH DAY BETWEEN DECEMBER AND APRIL AT A CHARGE OF $35 TO COVER TRACK MAINTENANCE. OUR ANNUAL BILL THIS YEAR FOR MAINTAINING THE TRACK WAS $50,000, SO WE'RE SEEKING A TOKEN AMOUNT FROM PEOPLE TOWARDS THE COST OF THAT. LOCALS WERE WELCOMING THE NEWS TODAY. I DON'T THINK THEY'RE OUT TO FLEECE PEOPLE. I THINK IT'S PRETTY FAIR. IF HE WANTS TO COME OVER FROM AMERICA AND TRY TO BE FRIENDLY TOWARDS THE LOCAL PEOPLE LIKE SHANIA TWAIN DID OVER THERE, SURELY, IF HE WANTS TO BE SEEN AS A GOOD PERSON TO THE COMMUNITY ` THEN, YEAH, BY ALL MEANS. BUT THE GATES WILL REMAIN PADLOCKED. PEOPLE WANTING ACCESS MUST GIVE 24 HOURS NOTICE BEFORE THEY'LL BE ALLOWED IN. LISA DAVIES, 1 NEWS. A NEW HIGH-LEVEL TEAM HAS BEEN SET UP TO COMBAT FAMILY AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE. 10 PUBLIC SECTOR BOSSES WILL WORK TOGETHER TO DEVELOP A NATIONAL STRATEGY TO ENSURE VICTIMS AND OFFENDERS GET THE HELP THEY NEED. THE UNDER-SECRETARY ON DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE, JAN LOGIE, SAYS NEW ZEALAND HAS A HORRIFIC RECORD OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN. PEOPLE HAVE ALMOST GOT TO THAT POINT OF FEELING AS IF IT'S HOPELESS AND IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE LIKE THIS. THIS VENTURE GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO TURN THAT AROUND, AND THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING. MS LOGIE HOPES THE TEAM WILL STOP PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP FROM SLIPPING THROUGH THE CRACKS. TWO PRISONERS HAVE BEEN AWARDED COMPENSATION AFTER THE HIGH COURT RULED THEIR RIGHTS WERE BREACHED WHEN THEY WERE STRIP-SEARCHED. 'PRISON LAWYER' ARTHUR WILLIAM TAYLOR AND WIG-WEARING MURDERER PHILIP SMITH WERE INVOLVED IN A STRIP-SEARCH OF MORE THAN 200 PRISONERS IN 2016. IT WAS CARRIED OUT AFTER AN ATTACK ON OFFICERS AT AUCKLAND PRISON. BUT THE COURT AGREED THE SEARCHES OF THE PAIR WERE UNREASONABLE. AND LAST YEAR SMITH WAS AWARDED MORE THAN $300,000 AFTER CORRECTIONS TRIED TO PREVENT HIM WEARING THE TOUPEE HE WORE WHEN HE FLED TO BRAZIL IN 2014. RECYCLING EFFORTS IN WELLINGTON HAVE DROPPED OFF IN RECENT YEARS AND THE CITY'S SENDING MORE RUBBISH TO LANDFILLS. THE COUNCIL'S DRAFT ANNUAL REPORT SHOWS ITS PERFORMANCE IS ONE OF THE WORST IN THE COUNTRY, WITH CONFUSION BEING BLAMED. MEI HERON REPORTS. WE'RE ALL BEING TOLD TO REDUCE WASTE AND RECYCLE MORE. BUT WELLINGTON IS DOING WORSE, NOT BETTER. WELLINGTON HAS A REPUTATION OF BEING QUITE GREEN, BUT ACTUALLY, IN THE WASTE AREA, WE'RE NOT. PEOPLE IN WELLINGTON RECYCLE AN AVERAGE OF 53KG OF WASTE FROM THE KERB. AUCKLANDERS DO MUCH BETTER, RECYCLING 84 KILOS, WHILE CHRISTCHURCH RECYCLES 109 KILOS PER PERSON, DOUBLE THE AMOUNT IN WELLINGTON, WHICH HAS SEEN A STEADY DECLINE IN ITS FIGURES OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. I THINK PEOPLE HAVE GOT CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT TO DO. MAYBE THAT'S WHY THEY'VE STOPPED RECYCLING. A LOT OF IT'S JUST BEING DUMPED, SO YOU GO THROUGH ALL THAT TROUBLE AND IT'S STILL ENDING UP IN THE SAME SPOT. SO I THINK PEOPLE THINK, 'WHY BOTHER?' OVER 50% OF THE CITY'S WASTE IS RECYCLABLE. PEOPLE HERE HAVE TWO BINS ` A YELLOW ONE FOR PAPER, METALS AND PLASTIC, AND A GREEN CRATE FOR GLASS. BUT PEOPLE SAY IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT CAN GO IN THEM. CERTAINLY BECAUSE OUR DIFFERENT COUNCILS HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF RECYCLING, IT CAN BE A BIT CONFUSING FOR PEOPLE, SO THAT'S WHERE I THINK EDUCATION COMES IN. THE COUNCIL AGREES IT COULD DO MORE. SO IT'S REALLY REALLY EASY FOR CONSUMERS. YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE GOING TO A WEBSITE TO FIGURE OUT IF YOU CAN RECYCLE SOMETHING. COMPARING DIFFERENT CITES ISN'T STRAIGHT FORWARD. COLLECTIONS METHODS VARY. SOME INCLUDE ORGANIC WASTE, AND CONTAMINATION CAN BE A FACTOR. BUT WELLINGTON COUNCIL'S DETERMINED TO DO BETTER AND PLANS TO PROVIDE ORGANIC FOOD BINS NEXT YEAR TO FURTHER REDUCE WASTE. MEI HERON, ONE NEWS. COMING UP NEXT ON TONIGHT, THE WORLD'S FIRST FLYING CAR GETS SET TO SOAR ONTO THE MARKET. WE'LL TELL YOU WHEN IT MIGHT TAKE FLIGHT IN NEW ZEALAND. PLUS THE LATEST FROM THE MITRE 10 CUP. OTAGO TACKLES AUCKLAND'S WINNING STREAK. WE'LL HAVE ALL THE ACTION AFTER THE BREAK. THERE'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE ESCAPE FOR PASSENGERS ON A PLANE IN MICRONESIA, AFTER THE AIRCRAFT SPED OFF A RUNWAY, PLUNGING INTO A LAGOON. ALL 47 ON BOARD SURVIVED. HERE'S CHANNEL NINE'S DAMIAN RYAN. (SIRENS WAIL) A WET LANDING AFTER OVERSHOOTING THE RUNWAY, AND LOCALS IN BOATS ARE THE FIRST RESPONDERS. THE AIR NIUGUINI 737 WAS LEFT FLOUNDERING IN A LAGOON AT WENO AIRPORT IN MICRONESIA. INCREDIBLY EVERYONE ON BOARD, INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO AUSTRALIANS SCRAMBLED OUT ALIVE. I THOUGHT WE LANDED HARD, UNTIL I LOOKED OVER AND SAW A HOLE IN THE SIDE OF THE PLAN. AND WATER WAS COMING IN AND I THOUGHT, 'THIS IS NOT THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.' THAT MEANT TIME WAS EVERYTHING. THE PLANE WAS SINKING AND THE 47 PASSENGERS AND CREW HAD TO GET OUT. THE WATER WAS ONLY UP TO ABOUT... HERE ON ME ` INSIDE THE PLANE. THERE WERE CASUALTIES FROM THE CRASH. PASSENGERS WITH BROKEN BONES AND HEAD INJURIES AND A FLIGHT CREW WITH ITS REPUTATION BADLY DAMAGED. WE CAME IN LOW. WE CAME IN VERY LOW. UNFORTUNATELY, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS PANICKED AND STARTED YELLING. AIR NIUGUINI BEGAN FLIGHTS BETWEEN PORT MORSEBY AND MICRONESIA IN DECEMBER 2016. THIS VIDEO SHOWS THERE'S LITTLE ROOM FOR ERROR, WHEN LANDING ON THE WESTERN PACIFIC ISLAND. SALVAGE TEAMS ARE NOW PLANNING TO RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH NOW SITS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LAGOON. TESLA BOSS ELON MUSK'S BEEN ACCUSED OF SECURITIES FRAUD BY THE US SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. MR MUSK WROTE HE WOULD VALUE TESLA AT $420 PER SHARE TO REACH THE 'BEST INTERESTS' ON SOCIAL MEDIA LAST MONTH. BUT FINANCIAL REGULATOR SAYS HIS TWEETS WERE FALSE AND MISLEADING, POTENTIALLY TAKING THE COMPANY PRIVATE. TESLA WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT AND ITS SHARES FELL 5.7% IN AFTER-HOURS TRADING. KILLER WHALES IN BRITISH WATERS COULD BE EXTINCT WITHIN A CENTURY. SCIENTISTS SAY A BANNED CHEMICAL ONCE USED AS A FLAME RETARDANT HAS BUILT UP IN THE MAMMALS' BODIES, PREVENTING THEM FROM REPRODUCING. THE BBC'S VICTORIA GILL EXPLAINS, AND JUST A WARNING ` HER REPORT HAS SOME DISTRESSING IMAGES. THE ULTIMATE MARINE PREDATOR IS FALLING PREY TO AN INVISIBLE THREAT, MANUFACTURED CHEMICALS LINGERING IN THE OCEAN. POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS, OR PCB'S, THAT WERE ONCE USED TO HEAT-PROOF EVERYTHING FROM ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS TO PAINT AND GLUE, ARE LEECHING INTO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND ARE FOUND IN TOXIC LEVELS IN THE BODIES OF KILLER WHALES. THE VERY HIGHEST LEVELS IN THE KILLER WHALES ARE ACTUALLY LEVELS THAT WE THINK WOULD COMPLETELY SUPPRESS REPRODUCTION. THE EFFECTS OF THESE CHEMICALS HAVE BEEN AT THE HEART OF YEARS OF INVESTIGATION BY SCIENTISTS, INCLUDING THIS TEAM FROM LONDON'S INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY, WHO HAVE CARRIED OUT DETAILED POST-MORTEMS ON THE BODIES OF MARINE MAMMALS. THE PCB'S ALONE ` NO OTHER THREAT, JUST THE PCB'S ALONE ` IS ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE EXTINCTION OF MORE THAN HALF OF THE WORLD'S KILLER WHALE POPULATIONS, WHICH IS REALLY DEVASTATING, REALLY. IT'S A KILLER WHALE APOCALYPSE. POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS ARE EXTREMELY STABLE HEAT-RESISTANT CHEMICALS. THEY WERE USED IN A HUGE RANGE OF PRODUCTS, INCLUDING PAINTS AND SEALANTS, UNTIL RESEARCH REVEALED THEM TO BE TOXIC. THEY WERE WIDELY BANNED IN THE 1980S. THEIR LEGACY, THOUGH, HAS PROVEN JUST AS TOXIC. THE UN ESTIMATES THAT 14 MILLION TONS OF PCB'S HAVE YET TO BE DISPOSED OF SAFELY. AND THEY MAY STILL BE LEAKING FROM LANDFILL SITES TODAY. IT'S KILLER WHALES' POSITION AT THE VERY TOP OF THE MARINE FOOD CHAIN THAT LEAVES THEM PARTICULARLY EXPOSED TO THESE CHEMICALS. THE KILLER WHALES EAT EVERYTHING IN THE SEA, FROM PENGUINS TO SEALS, TO EVEN OTHER SPECIES OF WHALE. AND BECAUSE PCB'S ARE EVERYWHERE IN THE ENVIRONMENT, THEY'RE IN EVERY MARINE ANIMAL. SO EACH CONTAMINATED MEAL IS ANOTHER DOSE OF THESE CHEMICALS. BUT WHILE THIS STUDY FORECASTS A BLEAK FUTURE FOR MANY KILLER WHALE POPULATIONS, SCIENTISTS HOPE IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE A CATALYST TO CLEAN UP THIS CHEMICAL LEGACY. PREMIERSHIP LEADERS AUCKLAND HAVE BEEN STUNNED AT EDEN PARK TONIGHT AFTER OTAGO ENDED THEIR UNDEFEATED RUN IN THE MITRE 10 CUP. THE SOUTHERNERS CAME AWAY WITH A 31-26 WIN, WHICH WAS JUST THEIR SECOND VICTORY AT EDEN PARK IN THE PAST 42 YEARS. THEIR SUCCESS WAS LARGELY THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF MIDFIELDER MATT FADDES, WHO SCORED A HAT-TRICK IN THE BACK-AND-FORTH CONTEST. AUCKLAND WAS JUST AHEAD AT HALF-TIME, BUT OTAGO TOOK OVER IN THE SECOND HALF. PRETTY STOKED TO BE HONEST. THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN PLAYING WICKED ALL YEAR. I MEAN, EVERYONE STOOD UP. OUR FORWARDS WERE AWESOME. AT THE END, I WAS JUST AT THE END OF THE CHAIN. DESPITE THE RESULT, AUCKLAND REMAIN TOP OF THE TABLE IN PREMIERSHIP STANDINGS. WHILE OTAGO'S NOW LEAPFROGGED NORTHLAND TO SIT IN THIRD PLACE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. OUR NATIONAL WOMEN'S CRICKET TEAM, THE WHITE FERNS, WILL START THEIR THREE-MATCH T20 SERIES AGAINST AUSTRALIA IN SYDNEY TOMORROW AS THEY GEAR UP FOR A BIG COUPLE OF MONTHS. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT KIMBERLEE DOWNS HAS MORE. STRIVING TO STEAL THE SPORTING SPOTLIGHT IN AUSTRALIA ON A WEEKEND OF AFL AND NRL GRAND FINALS IS NO EASY FEAT. DO YOU KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE AFL? IF YOU ASK ME ABOUT THE NRL, I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO SAY. BUT I KNOW COLLINGWOOD'S PLAYING. EVERY TIME ELISE GETS ON THE BUS, SHE PLAYS THE COLLINGWOOD THEME SONG, SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT SICK OF IT. BUT THAT WILL BE OVER BY THE TIME THE FAMOUS OLD NORTH SYDNEY OVAL'S READY TO HOST THESE TRANS-TASMAN RIVALS TOMORROW NIGHT ` THE FIRST OF A THREE MATCH SERIES BUILDING INTO THE WORLD T20 IN NOVEMBER. THE WHITE FERNS' NEW CAPTAIN KEEN TO SET DOWN A MARKER. I THINK IF YOU GET THAT SORT OF EDGE, THEN THAT HELPS GOING INTO THE LIKES OF A WORLD T20. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO HAVE ONE EYE ON THAT TOURNAMENT AND KNOW WE HAVE TO GET INFORMATION OUT OF THESE GAMES AS WELL. THE AUSTRALIANS ADMIT THEY COME INTO THIS SERIES WITH A BIT OF A CHIP ON THEIR SHOULDERS. THEY'VE LOST EIGHT OF THEIR LAST 11 T20S AGAINST THE WHITE FERNS. YEP. THEY'VE GOT A VERY GOOD RECORD AGAINST US. IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE VERY KEEN TO CHANGE, AND WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, MAKING SURE WE COME OUT AND MAKE A STATEMENT IN THE FIRST GAME. NEW ZEALAND HOPING A TOUGH WIN OVER A CRICKET AUSTRALIA XI LAST NIGHT PROVIDED THE PERFECT BUILD UP TO WHAT SHOULD PROVE A COMPELLING SERIES AGAINST THE WORLD'S TOP-RANKED TEAM. KIMBERLEE DOWNS, 1 NEWS, SYDNEY. A FLYING CAR IS NO LONGER A FUTURISTIC TRAVEL DREAM ` THANKS TO A CHINESE MANUFACTURER CLAIMING SAYS IT'S READY TO GO TO MARKET. 'THE TRANSITION' WILL TAKE TO THE AIR NEXT YEAR. BUT WILL WE SEE IT HERE? SAM CLARKE REPORTS FOR YEARS, WE'VE DREAMT OF THE MOMENT THE RUBBER LEAVES THE ROAD. # MEET GEORGE JACKSON. # CLOSE YOUR EYES AT NIGHT, AND YOU IMAGINE THESE THINGS ` THAT YOUR CAR MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPREAD WINGS AND FLY. THAT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY EXCITING. NOW THE TIME'S FINALLY COME. GET INTO IT IN THE MORNING, DRIVE TO THE AIRPORT, UNFOLD YOUR WINGS, TAKE OFF, FLY TO THE AIRPORT NEAREST YOUR WHERE YOU WANT TO GO, LAND, DRIVE TO YOUR FINAL DESTINATION ` ALL IN ONE VEHICLE. VOLVO-OWNED TERRAFUGIA IS READY TO LAUNCH 'THE TRANSITION'. IT'S NO FERRARI, BUT SWITCHES FROM CAR TO PLANE MODE IN UNDER A MINUTE AND HAS A TOP SPEED OF 160KMS. IT'S REPORTEDLY ON SALE NEXT MONTH AND IN THE SKIES NEXT YEAR, BUT THE PRICE TAG IS STILL A MYSTERY. YOU CAN FILL IT UP AT THE PUMP AT YOUR LOCAL GAS STATION IN ADDITION TO BEING ABLE TO STORE IT IN A SINGLE-CAR GARAGE. MOVIE-MAKERS IMAGINED A 2015 FUTURE WOULD HAVE FLYING CARS. NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. AND IT'D BE THE ONLY WAY TO GET AROUND IN 2019. BUT REALITY'S LAGGED BEHIND. IF YOU ARE FLYING TODAY, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH AIR-TRAFFIC CONTROL AND DEAL WITH THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, SO IT'S NOT JUST FOR EVERYBODY TO GET UP INTO THE SKY. THE CAR'S GOT APPROVAL IN THE STATES, BUT STILL NEEDS TO BE SIGNED OFF BY OUR OWN AUTHORITIES. BUT AFTER YEARS OF DREAMING, IS IT EVEN IN DEMAND? WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS THINGS WHERE WE RENT WHAT WE NEED, RATHER THAN HAVING TO OWN IT. WE SEE THAT WITH AIR BNB, WE SEE THAT WITH UBER ` THAT SEEMS TO BE THE BUSINESS MODEL THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. EITHER WAY, THE FUTURE MIGHT BE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. WHERE WE'RE GOING, WE DON'T NEED ROADS. SAM CLARKE, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD, THE WORLD OF WEARABLE ART HITS THE STAGE IN WELLINGTON. WE'LL BRING YOU ALL THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL CREATIONS NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER. (THE FATBACK BAND & WITH YOU'S '(ARE YOU READY) DO THE BUS STOP/SUGA') THAT'S IT FROM US TONIGHT. WE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH SOME OF THE CREATIONS FROM THE WORLD OF WEARABLE ARTS IN WELLINGTON, WHERE THE AWARDS CEREMONY IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. (ETHEREAL ELECTRONIC MUSIC) CAPTIONS BY CATHERINE DE CHALAIN AND ELLA WHEELER. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018